Blowing cosmic bubbles
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an expanding shell of glowing gas surrounding a hot, massive star in our Milky Way Galaxy. The shell is being shaped by strong stellar winds of material and radiation produced by the bright star at the left, which is 10 to 20 times more massive than our Sun.
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About the Object
Name: | Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635 |
Type: | Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region |
Distance: | 8000 light years |
Constellation: | Cassiopeia |
Category: | Nebulae |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 23 20 50.62 |
Position (Dec): | 61° 12' 25.44" |
Field of view: | 2.45 x 2.60 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 143.3° right of vertical |
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