About Crescent Nebula (C27)

Crescent Nebula is a rewarding deep-sky target and presents itself as a diffuse object. It has moderate brightness.

Current visibility

It is currently below the horizon.

It stays above 30° for roughly 7 hours.

Nebulae benefit from filters, structure becomes clearer under good conditions.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

Type

Emission Nebula

Constellation

Cygnus

Distance

4700 ly

Size

Season

Summer

Difficulty

Hard

Magnitude

7.4