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NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula, Joseph Buchanan
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NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula

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NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula

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NGC6888 aka "The Crescent Nebula" is located approx 5000 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It was formed by the shock wave created by rapidly expanding stellar winds colliding with slower-moving gas that had been previously expelled from the central star. This image was created from 8 hours worth of data collected with my Orion ED80T and ZWO 183MC Pro camera with Optolong L-Extreme filter.


160 x 180sec subs 
60 darks 
20 flats 
20 dark flats

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NGC 6888 The Crescent Nebula, Joseph Buchanan