Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888
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Crescent Nebula, apaquette
Crescent Nebula
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Crescent Nebula, apaquette
Crescent Nebula
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The Crescent Nebula (NGC6888) is a beautiful nebula created from a Wolf-Rayet star.

Taken 20130725-26, this was imaged with a Celestron Edge HD 14, 0.7x reducer, and Apogee U16M.

This image shows 2 hours of hydrogen-alpha data. It was guided using a piggyback guidescope with MetaGuidde and FlexRX software.

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Crescent Nebula, apaquette