NGC 6888 is located in the constellation Cygnus¹ approximately 6,700 light years² from Earth and is known as the Crescent Nebula because of its distinctive shape.  Technically, it is classified as a Wolf-Rayet³ nebula.  Such a nebula is formed when a very hot, massive star ejects its outer layers in a strong stellar wind.²  In the case of the Crescent Nebula the star responsible,WR 136,² is the bright star in the center of the image above.  As the star ages it begins to shrink and grow much hotter.  Its stellar wind becomes more rarefied but much faster.  This fast stellar wind then collides with the older ejected gas and pushes it into a relative dense bubble.  WR 136 is in the final stages of its stellar life and is destined to explode in a spectacular supernova event³.

The image above was captured using Ha and OIII filters.  The image was assembled by mapping Ha to red, OIII to blue and green. The stars were overlaid with data from a Red, Green, and Blue filtered image.

References
¹NASA Science: https://science.nasa.gov/ngc-6888-crescent-nebula
²Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WR_136
³You-Hua Chu: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/728/3/032007 <