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The Crescent Nebula, designated as NGC 6888, is a stunning emission nebula in the Cygnus constellation. This celestial beauty is formed by the powerful stellar winds of a massive Wolf-Rayet star, WR 136, interacting with the surrounding interstellar medium. The Wolf-Rayet star, nearing the end of its life cycle, expels its outer layers in a fierce stellar wind, creating a vast bubble of ionized gas. This ionized gas emits light at specific wavelengths, giving rise to the brilliant hues observed in the nebula. NGC 6888 is approximately 5,000 light-years from Earth and spans about 25 light-years in diameter.

On a starry, starry night, back in 1973, a young Bruce Feagle stepped onto his family farm in High Springs, Florida in Alachua County, and saw the Milky Way for the very first time. It blew his 9-year-old mind and started a lifelong study of astronomy and of course, fast-moving vehicles. He’s obsessed with speed. At the time, he wasn’t sure where this newly found passion would lead him, but he never forgot about that day when he looked into the night sky and saw the beginning and end of everything and how we are all connected to stardust. It was not until 1985, when Bruce was 21 years old that he looked through his first telescope while living with his bandmates in the California desert. He was sporting a badass mullet at the time,...