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NGC 6888 — Crescent Nebula (HOO) · NGC 6888

The finished HOO bicolour — a golden hydrogen shell wrapped around a teal oxygen bubble.

NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula, in HOO narrowband — a golden hydrogen shell around a teal oxygen bubble in Cygnus.
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TargetNGC 6888
TypeNebula
RA20h 12m 07s
Dec+38° 21′ 18″
Captured2026-07-10
Integration~6 h
Frames48 × 300 s Hα + 41 × 180 s OIII
FiltersHα + OIII (HOO)
SiteMecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
BortleBortle 4

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