The Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 20 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , the Crescent Nebula is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:27 (PDT), 62° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:41, 85° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:31, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
The Crescent Nebula (NGC6888)
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Object type
HII region
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h12m [1] |
| Declination: | +38°21' [1] |
| Constellation: | Cygnus |
| Magnitude: | 7.50 (V) [2] 7.44 (B) [1] |
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