The Pelican Nebula that is in this APOD spans thirty light-years and is in the constellation Cygnus. While it is fascinating, I did not choose this APOD because of the fact that it covers the Pelican Nebula so much as how it covers it. The picture shown is in full color, and is gorgeous. The thing is that the Pelican Nebula does not look like this if one focuses in on it in the night sky. The colors were 'translated' into colors in the visible light spectrum for comprehension purposes. On top of this it is named the Pelican Nebula. Maybe it's just me, but I have a hard enough time seeing Cygnus as a swan let alone seeing the pelican in this nebula. So to me this is extremely misrepresented both in name and in the visual aspect. It just kind of shows how, while stunning conceptually and visually, certain parts of astronomy are just not along a logical sequence.
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