Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888  ·  The star 34Cyg
Crescent Nebula region, Andrea Storani
Crescent Nebula region
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Crescent Nebula region

Crescent Nebula region, Andrea Storani
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Crescent Nebula region

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The Crescent nebula is a shell of gas about 25 light-years across that is being energized by the strong stellar wind from the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136, the bright star at the center of the nebula. Wolf-Rayet stars are very hot, massive stars that are blowing off their outer layers. NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away.

In the top/left there is a part of IC 1318, is the diffuse emission nebula surrounding Sadr or Gamma Cygni.

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