Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  NGC 6888
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NGC-6888 - Cosmic Bread, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton
NGC-6888 - Cosmic Bread
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NGC-6888 - Cosmic Bread

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NGC-6888 - Cosmic Bread

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Vaguely resembling the American dinner roll or the symbol for the Euro, the Crescent Nebula is a "shock-front" system, where high-energy emissions from the embedded Wolf-Rayet star have caused the previously released outer layers of the star to fluoresce. This black and white image is a combination of separate sets through red and 3nm H-alpha filters. The Crescent glows meekly near the center of Cygnus the Swan.

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NGC-6888 - Cosmic Bread, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton