Blowing cosmic bubbles

Esahubble_opo9828e_1024

esahubble_opo9828e October 21st, 1998

Credit: Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA/ESA)

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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9828e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Bubble Nebula NGC 7635
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
Esahubble_opo9828e_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 20m 50.6s
DEC = 61° 12’ 25.4”
Orientation
North is 143.3° CW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Cassiopeia

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (None) -
Esahubble_opo9828e_1280
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ID
opo9828e
Subject Category
B.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635
Credits
Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA/ESA)
Release Date
1998-10-21T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9828e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/124/6/3313/202089.text.html
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
350.210921816, 61.2070667772
Reference Dimension
1131.0, 1200.0
Reference Pixel
565.5, 600.0
Scale
-3.61056963685e-05, 3.61056963685e-05
Rotation
-143.25999999999996
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9828e
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:48+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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