This region of the sky is about 1,300 light years away from Earth. Most of the clouds are reflection nebulae. However, the Pelican herself is called a Herbig-Haro Object. the neck of the Pelican nebula centers in HH 555, located in the tip what looks like an elephants trunk. Herbig-Haro objects are small-scale shock regions intimately associated with star-forming regions. At the tip of the trunk is a jet that can barely be seen, indicating the presence of an unseen protostar. Scientists call it a bipolar jet. Imagine the pelican is snorting out at 90 degree angles and thats the jet.This is a star being born! Image Data: IC5070 captured from Rockwall, TX on 4 August 07 at f/5.1 using SkyWatcher Pro ED-80 on EQ-6 Pro mount with SBIG ST2000XM, CFW-8, Takahashi .67 focal reducer. Total time 180 minutes: Lum: 2x20min +20min Ha +30min Ha Color: 3x10min each R/G/B. Autoguided with ST2000XM Captured, aligned, calibrated, and combined in MaxIM DL in 16-bit FITS format. Saved as TIFF and post-processed in Photoshop CS2.