NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula) image

NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula)


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Description

The famous NGC 6888 (the "Crescent" nebula) is an emission nebula in Cygnus, approximately 5000 light-years distant. This is two hours of pure H-alpha data taken at f/5, processed in PixInsight (calibration, integration, histogram stretch, deconvolution).