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NGC 7635 (Bubble Nebula)
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The Bubble Nebula, also known as NGC 7635, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11, is an H II region emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. It lies close to the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, SAO 20575 (BD+60°2522). The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow. It was discovered in...

Total image time was 4 hours and 10 minutes.

Moon Phase Last Quarter
Camera ToupTek ATR2600C
Optics Skywatcher Esprit 120ED, 840 mm focal length, f/7 (120 mm aperture, APO triplet)
Filter Triad Quad
Binning 1x1
Stacking StackingWizard, 25 frames, 2-pointing mosaic
Date 2025-09-14
AstroWizard Processing
Crop
GraXpert background extraction (0.5)
Color calibration
BlurXTerminator (0.6)
NoiseXTerminator (linear, 0.9) (x2)
Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (x6)
Stretch (deep)
Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch (starless)
Star removal (StarXTerminator)
Color recalibration
Darken background (x2)
Contrast (pop) adjustment
Curves adjustment
SCNR (green noise removal)
NoiseXTerminator (non-linear, 0.6)
Star recombination (screen blend)
Stretch (aggressive)



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