The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) glows in vivid color on this durable cork-backed coaster. Captured from the dark skies of Utah using the T21 telescope, this image reveals the violent beauty of a dying Wolf-Rayet star—its powerful stellar wind colliding with older material it once shed, creating a glowing crescent-shaped shockwave 5,000 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.
This image was created by combining RGB, Hydrogen-Alpha, and Oxygen-III filters, stacked from over three hours of exposure, bringing out the intricate arcs and filaments of this cosmic shell.
Printed on high-quality hardboard with a cork backing, this coaster is:
✨ Heat resistant
✨ Waterproof
✨ Non-slip
✨ Sized at 3.74″ × 3.74″ × 0.16″ (95 × 95 × 4 mm)
Perfect for desks, coffee tables, or as a gift for astronomy lovers and stargazers alike. Each coaster is a tiny window into the universe — a moment of cosmic turbulence, frozen in time.
Crescent Surfing the Solar Wind — where dying stars ride their final wave. 🌊💫
