Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  Crescent Nebula  ·  IC 4996  ·  NGC 6888
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Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 and Soap Bubble PN Ju 1, Jim Thommes
Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 and Soap Bubble PN Ju 1
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Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 and Soap Bubble PN Ju 1

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Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 and Soap Bubble PN Ju 1, Jim Thommes
Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 and Soap Bubble PN Ju 1
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Crescent Nebula NGC 6888 and Soap Bubble PN Ju 1

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This is an image of NGC 6888 (LBN 230, DWB 19, Sh2-105) popularly known as the Crescent Nebula and the recently discovered planetary nebula PN Ju 1 (PNG 075.5+01.7) popularly known as the Soap Bubble Nebula. There are a few notable open clusters  / suspected open clusters - IC 4996 (MWSC 3297) and Kronberger 72 (MWSC 3283).  There are also are dark nebulae -  Dobashi 3210, 3211, and 3215. And finally, there are emission regions LBN 206 and DWB 20. Star cluster IC 4996 is about 6,600 light years distant; NGC 6888 is about 6,700 light years distant.  These objects and some of the brighter stars are seen in the annotated image.  The Horizontal FOV is approximately 84'. Image scale of the full size image is 1.67 arcsec/pix.

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