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Crescent Nebula (Caldwell27) captured by David Rousseau from an urban location in Québec, Canada using Ha and OIII narrowband filters. The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth.
Crescent Nebula: Nebula: 4.7 Cygnus: 7.4 C28 NGC 752 Open Cluster: 1.2 Andromeda: 5.7 C29 NGC 5005 Spiral Galaxy: 69,000 Canes Venatici: 9.8 C30 NGC 7331 Spiral Galaxy: 47,000 Pegasus: 9.5 C31 IC 405: Flaming Star Nebula: Nebula: 1.6 Auriga: 13 C32 NGC 4631: Whale Galaxy: Barred Spiral Galaxy: 22,000 Canes Venatici: 9.3 C33 NGC 6992: East Veil ...
English: An image of the emission nebula NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, in the constellation Cygnus. This object is approximately 5000 light years distant and 26 light years in diameter and is formed by high velocity stellar wind from the central star WR 136 colliding with gas previously shed from the star.
The Sadr Region (also known as IC 1318 or the Gamma Cygni Nebula) is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr at the center of Cygnus's cross. 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.
WR 136 at the centre of NGC 6888. WR 136 is a Wolf–Rayet star located in the constellation Cygnus.It is in the center of the Crescent Nebula.Its age is estimated to be around 4.7 million years and it is nearing the end of its life.
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