Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  34 Cyg)  ·  34 P Cyg  ·  37 Cyg)  ·  37 gam Cyg  ·  40 Cyg  ·  B343  ·  B344  ·  B347  ·  Crescent Nebula  ·  HD191045  ·  HD191257  ·  HD191290  ·  HD191395  ·  HD191424  ·  HD191472  ·  HD191703  ·  HD192003  ·  HD192020  ·  HD192041  ·  HD192078  ·  HD192079  ·  HD192102  ·  HD192123  ·  HD192163  ·  HD192182  ·  HD192281  ·  HD192303  ·  HD192361  ·  HD192422  ·  HD192443  ·  And 528 more.
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Crescent nebula / Sadr region, John Lascola
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Crescent nebula / Sadr region

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Crescent nebula / Sadr region

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The little bright nebula on the top is the Crescent Nebula.Its radiance is from a Wolf-Rayet star called WR 136 that’s 4-5 million years old. The size and distance 25 light years wide and 5000 light years away from Mother Earth. The Sadr Region is very easy to find in the sky most of year. Sadr is one of the bright stars of the Northern Cross and it marks the heart of the celestial Swan. With the mass of 12x our sun and 150 times the Sun's radius, the star would appear 33,000 times more luminous than the Sun if their positions were switched. 🤯

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Crescent nebula / Sadr region, John Lascola