Wide-field image of the Bubble Nebula (ground-based image)
This ground-based image shows the Bubble Nebula and its surroundings, including the interstellar cloud which is illuminated by stellar winds from the central star within the Bubble Nebula.
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | heic1608b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 April 2016, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1608 |
| Size: | 10260 x 8662 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Interstellar Medium Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
| Distance: | 8000 light years |
| Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Image Formats
Classic Wallpapers
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 23 20 46.49 |
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| Position (Dec): | 61° 10' 34.25" |
| Field of view: | 172.17 x 145.35 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.6° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
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| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical B+R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |