A beautiful sight in Cygnus, the Cocoon nebula, a giant dust and molecular cloud, is a star forming region, a stellar nursery.
The bright star in the center of the nebula is thought to be only a few hundred thousand years old, it has cleared a cavity in the cloud and the energy it radiates powers the nebular red glow.
Notice the long trail of obscuring interstellar dust clouds "above" it.
 

A closer look to the Cocoon Nebula, notivce the small galaxy at the bottom right.