Behyar Bakhshandeh from Carlsbad, California
The emission nebula IC 1318, also known as the Gamma Cygni Nebula, glows roughly 5,300 light-years away in Cygnus — far beyond Sadr, the bright supergiant star it only appears to surround. The imager spent 24 hours exposing in the Hubble palette (Hα/OIII/SII) plus RGB for the stars, using a 4-inch f/5 refractor at a remote observatory in Descanso, California.