Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888
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NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in Cygnus, Tristan Fischer
NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in Cygnus
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NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in Cygnus

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NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in Cygnus, Tristan Fischer
NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in Cygnus
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NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in Cygnus

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This image is the result of combining exposures of 4 nights. Two nights with an UHC filer and two nights with the l-extreme dual narrow band filter.

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.

I could have cropped this image to show the details and resolution (and to get more likes on astrobin ) but I like showing that around this nebula there is mostly nothing.

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NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) in Cygnus, Tristan Fischer