A small blue spherical bubble of gas in the centre of a dark red nebula, surrounded by stars.
Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) · © Martin Hudec

Nebulae

Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)

Twenty hours of exposure for one bubble of gas.

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About the object

The Bubble (NGC 7635) in Cassiopeia lies roughly 7,000 light years away. It was inflated by the stellar wind of a single massive star pushing the surrounding gas outwards; the bubble is around 7 light years across.

How the image was made

Captured
27 November 2025 (start, several nights)
Total exposure
20 h 00 min (240 × 300 s)
Camera
ZWO ASI2400MC Pro
Focal length
2 861 mm
Mount
Celestron (ovládač CGEM/CGX)
Location
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia (home observatory)
Calibration & stacking
Siril 1.4.0
Processing
Adobe Lightroom 9.0 (Windows)

Data from the original file’s metadata or from the author.