Pelican Nebula glows near the Las Vegas Strip in a stunning backyard astrophotography shot

Astrophotographer Jason Livingston captured a detailed view of the Pelican Nebula, about 2,000 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation, from his Henderson, Nevada backyard near the Las Vegas Strip, using 27 hours of narrowband imaging across several August 2025 nights; the image reveals a colorful patch of star-forming gas behind a dark molecular cloud, shaped by radiation from newborn stars, with bright stars 57 Cygni and 56 Cygni visible near Deneb.