Posted on Jun 17, 2021
APOD: 2021 June 17 - NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula." Located 5,000 light years away in the constellation Cygnus (The Swan), NGC 6888 is shaped by stellar winds from a massive central star (Wolf-Rayet WR-136, to be precise). Scientists estimate that WR-136 sheds the equivalent of one solar mass (the mass of our Sun) every 10,000 years. The red in this image is hydrogen, and the blue/blue-green is oxygen. Over 30 hours of image data was collected to produce the final product you see here. Makes a pretty picture, doesn't it?
APOD: 2021 June 17 - NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula
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Into the Dark: NGC 6888 (Crescent Nebula)
Episode 8Take a look at the beautiful, odd and exotic objects that grace the night sky.Here at Into the Dark we take a short 60 second look into the night sk...
Looks like something out StarTrek, Maj William W. 'Bill' Price... That said, I found a very short Video clip, which is a neat adjunct to today's APOD... I hope you enjoy the clip, Bill! Have an awesome day my friend!
https://youtu.be/mcLwS6MHzqU
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GySgt Thomas Vick
Looks like in the next million years this earth can look out for a lot of hot gases. Neat film though.
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Thursday, June 17, 2021 entitled "NGC 6888: The Crescent Nebula.
Image: NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula - Image Credit & Copyright - Joe Navara, Glenn Clouder, Russell Discombe
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"Explanation: NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a about 25 light-years across blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. A triumvirate of astroimagers ( Joe, Glenn, Russell) created this sharp portrait of the cosmic bubble. Their telescopic collaboration collected over 30 hours of narrow band image data isolating light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. Visible within the nebula, NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. The nebula's complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of its stellar life this star should ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Found in the nebula rich constellation Cygnus, NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away."
Crescent Moon · Cowboy Junkies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAQP_v6ZtU
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Image: NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula - Image Credit & Copyright - Joe Navara, Glenn Clouder, Russell Discombe
APOD background'
"Explanation: NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a about 25 light-years across blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. A triumvirate of astroimagers ( Joe, Glenn, Russell) created this sharp portrait of the cosmic bubble. Their telescopic collaboration collected over 30 hours of narrow band image data isolating light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. Visible within the nebula, NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. The nebula's complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of its stellar life this star should ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Found in the nebula rich constellation Cygnus, NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away."
Crescent Moon · Cowboy Junkies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAQP_v6ZtU
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