Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  The star 9Cas
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The Popped Balloon, astroyyc
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The Popped Balloon

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The Popped Balloon

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Categorized as LBN576, this extremely faint supernova remnant is one of the closest to Earth, roughly 10,000 light years away, and is located in the constellation Cassiopeia.

We are star dust.

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This was a tough one to capture, located low in the northern sky this time of year. The SHO and OSC star processing on such a faint object was very challenging, even with +40hrs on integration time.

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The Popped Balloon, astroyyc

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