Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  IC 4996  ·  NGC 6888  ·  NGC 6910  ·  The star 34Cyg  ·  The star 36Cyg  ·  The star Sadr (γCyg)
Sadr Region, Håkon Hammer
Sadr Region
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Sadr Region, Håkon Hammer
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Sadr, the star that marks the intersection of the Northern Cross, a bright asterism that dominates the night sky. From our perspective, it is surrounded by lots of diffuse emission nebulae such as the Butterfly Nebula and Crescent Nebula, but in actuality it is much closer to us than the nebulae, it just happens to be in the same line of sight. 🔭

I've been sitting on this image for a while now as I wanted it to turn out exactly how I imagined it when I was planning the shot. Happy to say I'm pleased with the result, hope you like it too!

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Sadr Region, Håkon Hammer