NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula in Cygnus, surrounds the Wolf-Rayet type star HD 192163, which ejected the gas some 400,000 years ago. Photograph taken using 200 mm telescope from Meifod, Mid Wales, UK. Credit Peter Shah/Galaxy
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Keywords: 6888, alpha, astronomy, blue, crescent, cygnus, fluorescence, fluorescent, gaseous, glowing, hii, hydrogen, nebula, ngc, night, red, sky, space, spectroscope, starry, stars, stellar, wolf-rayet
