The Crescent Nebula is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. The star is called WR 136 and it is a type of star known as a Wolf-Rayet star. The nebula is located in the constellation Cygnus, about 5000 light-years away from Earth. It is an emission nebula, which means it emits light from ionized gas.

It took 7h 15’ to image from bortel 8 sky.

Crescent nebula
87 x 300” (7h 15’)
WO FLT91
ASI533MC
AM5
Antlia dual band filter
Bortel 8

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