Hi all, it turns out another recent object, Xi Cygni (http://jeffjastro.com/dso/XiCygni_23Dec13.htm), was featured on Space.com on 5 Mar 14! A facebook friend let me know :) Here is the link to the article on Space.com:
http://www.space.com/24706-orange-supergiant-star-nebula-photo.html
Link to the YahooNews story:
http://news.yahoo.com/orange-supergiant-star-shines-hazy-nebula-amazing-photo-120510522.html
Link to a YahooNews story in UK and Ireland:
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/orange-supergiant-star-shines-hazy-nebula-amazing-photo-120510522.html
Here is a small version of the image that was featured (this is an Ha_HaRGB image, Xi Cygni is the center star, and the "west coast" of NGC 7000 is the red/dark dust around it):
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