Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cygnus (Cyg)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6883
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WR 134 is an tiny star in the middle of the blue cirkel at a distance of 6000 ly in Cygnus. It is a Wolf-Rayet star, which is a very hot, massive star that is blowing off its outer layers. The layers are blown off at very high speeds. Part of these layers can be seen as the blue arc in. The blue arc at the right was created when the outer layer collided with the ambient nebula surrounding the star. The image was generated with the 150 mm Esprit Apo at 810 mm focal lenght. Camera 1600 mm pro with Olll and Ha filters. Totaal integration 7 hours. Location Domaine de Pradines. Lanuejols. France.

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W 134 reprocessed, Dickvantatenhove