Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Bubble Nebula  ·  NGC 7635
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NGC7635, Bart Delsaert
NGC7635
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This is my image of NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula. It is a nebula that is being shaped by a young hot star in its center. The star, 40 times more massive than the Sun, is blowing a giant bubble of material into space. The dense gas surrounding the star is shaping the castoff material into a bubble. The bubble’s surface is not as smooth as a soap bubble. Its rippled appearance is due to encounters with gases of different thickness. 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.

I took my frames using narrowband Ha, SII and O3 filters and mapped these according the Hubble palette. Call it the Hubble-bubble!

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NGC7635, Bart Delsaert