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A starless WR 134, David Frost

A starless WR 134

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A starless WR 134, David Frost

A starless WR 134

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WR 134, a variable Wolf-Rayet star is located about 6,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Cygnus, and is surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blasted by the radiation and wind from the star. It is five times the radius of the sun, but due to a temperature over 63,000 K,  it is 400,000 times as luminous as our Sun.

I was trying out a new guide scope setup with this image too.  An Askar FMA135 triplet APO with an ASI220MM guide camera.  Sharpest guide setup I've ever had, and its working great!!  Perfectly round stars across the field, and very sensitive.

This was shot over several nights in early October this year, 2-3hrs/night for a total around 9.4 hours.  Enjoy!

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A starless WR 134, David Frost