NGC 7822 taken on September 18th 2023 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex is believed to be some 800–1000 pc distant,with the younger components aged no more than a few million years. The complex also includes one of the hottest stars discovered within 1 kpc of the Sun that exhibits a surface temperature of nearly 45,000 K and a luminosity about 100,000 times that of the Sun. The star is one of the primary sources illuminating the nebula and shaping the complex's famed pillars of creation-type formations, the elephant trunks.