Cosmic pillars of cold molecular gas and clouds of dark dust lie within Sharpless 171, a star-forming region some 3,000 light-years away in the royal constellation Cepheus.

• 夏普莱斯171星云内存在有冷分子气体以及暗尘云密柱，一个恒星区域在位于3000光年以外的王室星座仙王座正在形成。