NGC7635
Bubble Nebula
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| Other names: |
Bubble Nebula |
| Optics: |
Stellarvue SV80S at f/4.8 |
| Mount: |
Mountain Instruments MI-250/Gemini on ATS portable pier |
| Camera: |
SBIG ST-2000XM @ -16°C |
| Exposure: |
180 minutes [ 12 x 15 minutes ] |
| Accessories: |
CFW-8 | Astrodon 6nm H-α filter | TeleVue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener (TRF-2008) |
| Location: |
Ontario, CA |
| Date |
August 12, 2006 (2 sessions; early morning and late night of the same day) |
| Notes: |
Processing: Image acquisition, DFR, align, and combine in CCDSoft. Levels, curves, unsharp mask in Photoshop.
The Bubble Nebula is a cloud of gas being pushed out by the stellar wind of massive central star BD+602522. It's in the constellation Cassiopeia. The cluster of stars at lower left is the open cluster M52.
Click the image for a larger version (1400 x 1050, ~750k).
See a high resolution image of this object that I took 2 weeks later.
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