Constellation: Cassiopeia.
Session: 09 Sep 2018.
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NGC 7635, also called the Bubble Nebula, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is a H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, the 15 ± 5 M☉ SAO 20575 (BD+60 2522). The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered in 1787 by William Herschel. The star SAO 20575 or BD+602522 is thought to have a mass of 10-40 Solar masses.
With an 8 or 10-inch (250 mm) telescope, the nebula is visible as an extremely faint and large shell around the star. The nearby 7th magnitude star on the west hinders observation, but one can view the nebula using averted vision. Using a 16 to 18-inch (460 mm) scope, one can see that the faint nebula is irregular, being elongated in the north south direction.
Source: Wikipedia
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• Optics: Primalucelab 80/500 APO (doublet).
• Mount: Skywatcher N-EQ6 Pro.
• Filters: Astronomik Ha (12 nm) RGB (36mm).
• Accessories: QHYCCD QHYCFW-2-M motorized filter wheel, Primalucelab focal reducer 2" (0.8x), Primalucelab Sesto .
• Camera: QHY163M mono.
Ha: 120x60s | binning 1x1 | Gain 120 | Offset 80 |
cooled - 10°c.
Red: 20x60s | binning 1x1 | Gain 120 | Offset 80 |
cooled - 10°c.
Green: 20x60s | binning 1x1 | Gain 120 | Offset 80 |
cooled - 10°c.
Blue: 20x60s | binning 1x1 | Gain 120 | Offset 80 |
cooled - 10°c.
Integration: 3 hours.
Correction: Darks, Flats, Bias.
Notes: Mapped (Ha+R)GB, fog, cropped.
Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop.
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