Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Bubble Nebula  ·  NGC 7635
The Bubble Nebula (NGC7635), Andrew Klinger
The Bubble Nebula (NGC7635)
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The Bubble Nebula (NGC7635)

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Description

Using my Bubble and Lobster Claw data from Sept 2019, I made a huge crop edit on the Bubble Nebula. This "bubble" is shaped by stellar winds radiated from the central star. In this false-color narrowband image the warmer tones are Hydrogen and Sulfur, while the blues are Oxygen.

Equipment:

OTA: William Optics GT81 w/0.8x reducer (382mm fl at f/4.7)

74mm aperture stop-down ring (brings scope to f/5.2)

Mount: Orion Sirius EQ-G (HEQ-5)

Guidescope: Orion 50mm guidescope

Guiding camera: Orion StarShoot Autoguider

Imaging camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

Accessories:

DeepSkyDad Autofocuser AF1

QHYCCD PoleMaster

Software:

SGP

PHD2

CdC

PixInsight

Acquisition:

Location: Flower Mound, TX (Bortle 7)

Dates: 8/19/19, 8/20/19, 9/3/19, 9/4/19, 9/5/19, 9/6/19, 9/7/19

Gain: 200 Offset: 50

Camera temp: -10C

Ha: 155x300" Astrodon 5nm

SII: 93x600" Astrodon 3nm

OIII: 89x600" Astrodon 3nm

Total integration time: 43hr 15min

64x darks per calibration (master from library)

30x flats per calibration

200x bias per calibration (master from library)

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The Bubble Nebula (NGC7635), Andrew Klinger

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Narrowband imaging