The Soap Bubble Nebula is a planetary nebula located near the larger and better known Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888) in the constellation Cygnus. Notable for its spherical symmetry, the faint nebula looks like a transparent soap bubble set against the rich stars fields of the Northern Cross region. It is catalogued as PN G75.5+1.7.
The nebula was discovered in July 2008 by amateur astronomer Dave Jurasevich using an Astro-Physics 160 mm refractor telescope. It is a very faint object occupying only 4′ 20” of apparent sky and it is embedded in a diffuse nebula, which is why it was not discovered until recently. The nebula’s estimated distance is 4,000 to 5,000 light years.
In fact, this target was shot with NGC6888 (
https://www.astrobin.com/d19tyo/B/) and because the overall processing is too difficult, I croped it out and processed it separately.
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