NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula)

Dec 14th, 2022

25 m

Distance from Earth: ~4,700 light-years. The nebula formed around the star WR 136 (HD 192163), a Wolf–Rayet type, through the ionization of slower-moving gas—ejected by this red giant about 400,000 years ago—by its fast stellar wind.

Dec 14th, 2022

25 m

Distance from Earth: ~4,700 light-years. The nebula formed around the star WR 136 (HD 192163), a Wolf–Rayet type, through the ionization of slower-moving gas—ejected by this red giant about 400,000 years ago—by its fast stellar wind.

Dec 11th, 2022

15 m

Distance from Earth: ~4,700 light-years. The nebula formed around the star WR 136 (HD 192163), a Wolf–Rayet type, through the ionization of slower-moving gas—ejected by this red giant about 400,000 years ago—by its fast stellar wind.