NGC 6888, 5000 ly away in Cygnus, is in the pre-supernova stage of a dying Wolf-Rayet star. In around 100,000 years it will explode but is currently expelling a shell of gas and other material. Reminds me of a "Cosmic Hairball". AT60ED Telescope and ASI533mc Pro Camera.
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| Jul 22 · 20:00 | 2 | 139 | 24 | +217 2.2K |
| Jul 22 · 19:00 | 2 | +13 139 | +4 24 | +203 2.0K |
| Jul 22 · 15:00 | 2 | +3 126 | +2 20 | +64 1.8K |
| Jul 22 · 14:00 | 2 | +5 123 | 18 | +89 1.8K |
| Jul 22 · 11:00 | 2 | +1 118 | 18 | +59 1.7K |
| Jul 22 · 10:00 | +1 2 | +11 117 | 18 | +140 1.6K |
| Jul 22 · 05:00 | 1 | +18 106 | +2 18 | +151 1.5K |
| Jul 21 · 22:00 | 1 | +3 88 | +1 16 | +57 1.3K |
| Jul 21 · 21:00 | 1 | +7 85 | +2 15 | +104 1.3K |
| Jul 21 · 18:00 | 1 | +1 78 | 13 | +57 1.2K |
| Jul 21 · 17:00 | 1 | +26 77 | +3 13 | +440 1.1K |
| Jul 21 · 12:00 | 1 | +2 51 | +1 10 | +111 663 |
| Jul 21 · 11:00 | +1 1 | +49 49 | +9 9 | +552 552 |
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