Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)
A bubble inflated by the wind of a massive star at the end of its life.
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The Crescent (NGC 6888) in Cygnus lies about 5,000 light years away. At its centre is the Wolf-Rayet star WR 136, whose fierce stellar wind sweeps up material it shed earlier. The faint blue outer shell glows in the light of ionised oxygen.
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