Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  LBN 182  ·  NGC 6883
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WR134 and the Surrounding Nebulosity (SHO w/ RGB stars), Tim Hutchison
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WR134 and the Surrounding Nebulosity (SHO w/ RGB stars)

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WR134 and the Surrounding Nebulosity (SHO w/ RGB stars)

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WR 134, one of the stars in the central "bubble" of this image, is what is known as a Wolf Rayet star.  Discovered by Charles Wolf and Georges Rayet in 1867, Wolf Rayet stars are MASSIVE stars that have used up all (or most) of their Hydrogen fuel, and have begun fusing Helium, then Helium to Lithium, and so on up the period table, ultimately ending in Iron where they will end in a Supernova or Hypernova event.  The bubble that you see in this image is a result of the massive stellar winds that are ejecting material from this star that is 5 times the radius, and 400,000 times as luminous as the Sun.

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WR134 and the Surrounding Nebulosity (SHO w/ RGB stars), Tim Hutchison