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Photographer:

Jared-Bowens

Location of Photo:

Northwest Missouri

Date/Time of photo:

June 1 through January 21-2022

Equipment:

​Taken with 8" inch orion newtonian f3.9 astrograph, Canon 60d unmoddified, starshoot autoguider 60mm guide scope all on a Celestron AVX mount

Description:

The Cresent Nebula also known as ngc 6888, Caldwell27, and Sharpless 105, the Cresent nebula is about 5000 lightyears from earth in the constellation Cygnus. This galactic bubble of expanding clouds of gas is produced by the bright star near the center.​