Blowing Bubbles...NGC7635

[Sterrenland]

Here's my first effort with the Bubble Nebula...managed about 2.5 hours last night and, considering the moon was about, I'm not too disappointed with the result. Taken with an L-Enhance filter.

 

You actually get about five things for the price of one here...there's the Bubble Nebula. Then to the left is the open star cluster M52. The nebula top right is the Northern Lagoon Nebula. The fainter bit of nebulosity to the right of the Bubble is SH2-159 and the two faint streaks bottom right are part of the Lobster Claw Nebula!

 

Back to the Bubble...I've measured it's about 7 light years across (41,150,200,000,000 miles) and about 7100 light years from my kitchen window. It's the expanding shell of gas and dust from a young star.

 

Isn't it a little wonder?!