IC 1318

IC 1318
Emission nebula
H II region
	Image of IC 1318 with Crescent Nebula in the lower right side and Gamma Cygni star in the upper left side as well as some other nebulous regions
Observation data: J2000 epoch
Right ascension	20h 16m 48.0s
Declination	+41° 57′ 24″
Constellation	Cygnus
Designations	IC 1318, Gamma Cyg Nebula, Sadr Region
	See also: Lists of nebulae

IC 1318 (also known as Gamma Cygni Nebula) is the diffuse emission nebula and a H II region surrounding the star Sadr (γ Cygni) at the center of Cygnus's cross thus getting a nickname Sadr Region. The Sadr Region is one of the surrounding nebulous regions; others include the Butterfly Nebula and the Crescent Nebula. It contains many dark nebulae in addition to the emission diffuse nebulae.

Image gallery

Image of IC 1318
On the left image side are the bright North America Nebula (left bright part) with Sadr region (right bright part) in the Cygnus X region, visually interrupted by the Cygnus rift, of the constellation Cygnus, in this X-ray image.
Butterfly Nebula in narrow band image SHO (north is approximately to the left)
Image of IC 1318B from astronomer Alpha Zhang
Amateur image of Sadr (center star) surrounded by IC 1318
IC1318 by Kasra Karimi