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| IC1318, Eastern portion of the Gamma Cygnus Nebula. I call it the Sadr Strait |
| A glowing H-Alpha region just east of Sadr, the 2nd magnitude central star of the Northern Cross. In general form this region reminds me a lot of the Lagoon Nebula. This region is much larger and higher in the sky. It looks to me like two islands separated by a dark sea strait, thus my favorite name for it, the Sadr Strait. This is the Eastern area of a much larger region called the Gamma Cygnus Nebula, which extends to the left of the bright star Sadr as well as above and below this view. |
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4" refractor
at f4.3, with modified Canon 40D DSLR camera at Prime Focus |