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NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula image

NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula


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Description

The Crescent Nebula (also known as NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, and Sharpless 105) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus. It lies about 2 degrees SW of Sadr and is about 5000 light-years distant.