Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 SHO

Crescent  Nebula NGC 6888 SHO
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Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 SHO

Lying about 5,000 light-years from Earth is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus known as the Crescent Nebula. It's tucked into a sea of nebulosity around 2 degrees from the bright star Sadr (upper left). The Crescent Nebula is formed by the fast stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136 running into and energizing slower moving stellar winds from the star when it became a red giant 1/4 to 1/2 a million years ago.
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Tom
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Telescope
SPA-3 Takahashi FSQ-106EDX4
Camera ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Camera
FLI PL 16803
Location ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain
Date of observation ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Date of observation
June-December 2021
Filters ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Filters
Astrodon 3nm H, S, O
Processing ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Processing
Pixinsight
Credits ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Credits
SPA-3/Telescope Live/Tom Peter
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