Bubble Nebula


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Catalog
Obj Type
Location
Date Taken:
J Gerritsen
NGC 7635
Nebula
Mayhill, NM
08-01-2010
Description

NGC 7635 is also known as the Bubble Nebula and Sharpless 162 . It is a HII region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies nearby M52, an open cluster. The "Bubble" is created by stellar winds from a massive, hot 8.7 magnitude young central star. The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered by F W Herschel in 1787. It requires extremely dark skies and apertures over 24" to be seen visually.

(adapted from Wikipedia)

Technical Details
Exposure Time:
LRGB: 300:60:60:60
Camera:
SBIG STL-11000M
Telescope:
RCOS 16 inch f/8.7 Ritchey-Chretien
Mount:
Software Bisque Paramount ME
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