Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Bubble Nebula  ·  M 52  ·  NGC 7510  ·  NGC 7538  ·  NGC 7635  ·  NGC 7654
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Bubble and Lobster, Tony Brown
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The Bubble nebula (NGC 7635) and the Lobster Claw nebula, is based on a nights worth of data taken at the end of Sept 2022 and the evening of 24th Oct 2022. The 24th Oct had no moon and although the weather forecast was showing a night of mixed cloud I actually got away with it.

As can be seen there is a lot going on this this field of view.
  • NGC7635 the Bubble Nebula, the "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star. It is 7-10,000 light years away.
  • M52 an Open Cluster around 152 million years old, 4600 Light Years away. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, SAO 20575 and is within the constellation Cassiopeia.
  • NGC 7538 is 9,100 light years away, emission and reflection nebula which is home to the biggest yet discovered protostar (young star) which is about 300 times the size of our whole Solar System.
  • NGC 7510 another Open Cluster of stars 11,400 light years away around 10 million years old.

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Bubble and Lobster, Tony Brown