Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Bubble Nebula  ·  HD220057  ·  LBN 548  ·  LBN 549  ·  NGC 7635  ·  Sh2-162
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NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula, Dale A Chamberlain
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NGC 7635, also known as the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, SAO 20575 (BD+60°2522). 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 in 1787 by William Herschel. Distance from Earth is 7100-11000 light-years.

This image was a difficult one primarily because of the smoke from the west coast forest fires permeating the otherwise clear skies.

2023-01-02: Revised with advanced techniques such as RC-Astro's BXT, NXT and SXT, and GradXpert.

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