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NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, a nebula that is being shaped by a young hot star in its center. It is an expanding shell of glowing gas.
The shell is being shaped by a very strong stellar wind of material and radiation which is emanating from the bright star forming shock waves.
11,300 light-years from us, the Bubble Nebula lies in the constellation Cassiopeia, the open cluster M52 northeast of the Bubble lies in the foreground in 5000 light years distance. Check a wider view here.
16" Cassegrain in corrected prime focus at f/3
About this Image
North is up.
Below you see a crop on the center of NGC 7635 at 75/150% size.
Technical Details
Optics
Mount
MK-100 GEM
Camera
SBIG STL-11000M at -20C, 1x1 bin, internal filter wheel
Filters
Astronomik Ha, G, B
Date
Sep 08 2005.
Location
Wildon/Austria
Sky Conditions
mag 5 sky, seeing 2.5", temperature 18 C
Exposure
Ha:O-III:B = 120:60:60 minutes (30-minute sub-exposures for H-alpha, 10 min subs for G, B),
Processing
Image aquisition, calibration, aligning, stacking, color synthesis in Maxim DL 4.11;
Photoshop: H-alpha as red and blended 30% as L channel, levels and curves, color balance;
Center of the Bubble processed in 200% size, selective sharpening for bright parts