Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cassiopeia (Cas)  ·  Contains:  Bubble Nebula  ·  LBN 548  ·  LBN 549  ·  NGC 7635  ·  Sh2-162
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NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula, Steve Spring
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NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula

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NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula

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The seething star forming this nebula is 45 times more massive than our sun. Gas on the star gets so hot that it escapes away into space as a "stellar wind" moving at over 4 million miles per hour. This outflow sweeps up the cold, interstellar gas in front of it, forming the outer edge of the bubble much like a snowplow piles up snow in front of it as it moves forward.

Text taken from hubblesite.org

Revisited with my SCT because I just wanted to see more detail in the bubble.

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NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula, Steve Spring