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A close-up view of the Crescent Nebula. A cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun’s mass every 10,000 years.

The nebula’s complex structures are the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. The nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth.

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