Butterfly Nebula in the Sadr Region

Image Description and Details :

Now that I finally have a backyard I decided to do my first “long” project, and chose the Sadr Region to do so as it is full of gases that look great in narrowband. Living in the heart of Las Vegas, light pollution is as terrible as it gets in my backyard and the lights from the neighbors don’t help either so I aimed for 40 hours of total exposure in HSO. I ended up with 41.15 hours in total.

The image shows the bright star Sadr (mag 2.2), and part of the "Sadr Region” that includes the Butterfly nebula. Known as IC 1318, the Sadr Region is located at the center of Cygnus’s cross asterism. We can see lots of interesting gas formation within the entire photograph.

Copyright: Antoine and Dalia Grelin - Galactic Hunter