Henize - a cosmic bubble floating in a sea of Hydrogen (Geoff Healey)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Dorado (Dor) · Contains: NGC 2095 · NGC 2117

Henize - a cosmic bubble floating in a sea of Hydrogen, Geoff Healey

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Henize - a cosmic bubble floating in a sea of Hydrogen

Henize 70 - a super bubble floating in a Magellanic sea of hydrogen and colourful stars.Stars with tens of times the mass of the Sun profoundly affect their galactic environment. Churning and mixing the interstellar gas and dust clouds they leave their mark in the compositions and locations of future generations of stars and star systems. Dramatic evidence of this is beautifully illustrated in our neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), by the lovely ring shaped nebula, Henize 70. It is actually a luminous "super-bubble" of interstellar gas about 300 lightyears in diameter, blown by winds from massive stars and supernova explosions, its interior filled with tenuous hot expanding gas. These super-bubbles offer astronomers a chance to explore this crucial connection between the lifecycles of stars and the evolution of galaxies.Taken over 2 nights, Ha from home and LRGB from LMDSS overnight at the star party.5.3 hours of 180sec LRGB and 4.8 of 600sec Ha. Total integration 10.1 hours.Astroworx 250mm F4 truss newtonian, QSI683wsg8 CCD, Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB and 3nm Ha filters, TS Wynne 3” coma corrector, iOptron CEM70. Captured with Voyager and processed with Pixinsight.

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