FILE: ASTRO.DAT / CRESCENT-NEBULA.TXT .......... 05/07
Crescent Nebula
NGC 6888 · Cygnus
A shell of gas about 25 light-years across, shaped by the fast wind of the Wolf-Rayet star HD 192163 slamming into material the star shed earlier in its life. In Cygnus, around 5,000 light-years away.
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- Target
- NGC 6888
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Type
- Emission nebula
- RA (J2000)
- 20h 12m 06s
- Dec (J2000)
- +38° 21′ 18″
- Location
- Porto Cesareo (Lecce), Italy
- Palette
- HOO