This is the "Sadr Region" & "Butterfly Nebula," photographed from my backyard.
There's a lot to look at in this picture--almost like a "Where's Waldo" painting.
The bright star at the center of this photo is "Sadr."
Sadr is 33,000 times brighter than the sun. It doesn't vaporize us, though, because it's so far away (1,800 light years away). Our sun, on the other hand, is only 8 light *minutes* away (in other words, you would only need to travel at the speed of light for about 8 minutes to get there).
You might be able to make out the "Butterfly Nebula" at the top middle of the picture. I'll add a photo in the comments to better illustrate the shape.
There are several named star clusters and other interesting objects in this photo. The frame is not cropped at all, which gives us a lot of room to zoom in on different things. I estimate that we are looking at 200 light years across (left to right).
