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Object Information

Crescent Nebula

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a section of a star formation nebula within the Milky Way galaxy, around 5,000 light years from Earth.



Facts and Figures


Object type: An Emission Nebula.
Distance: 46,300,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 269,000,000,000,000 km.