Open in 3DWhat it is
A shell blown into the surrounding gas by the wind of a single young star about 45 times the mass of the Sun.
The picture hangs at that distance facing Earth, as large as it is on the sky; how deep the object is cannot be seen, so it is flat.
The picture
- Taken by
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Picture spans
- about 11 ly
- From the Sun
- 7,100 light-years
- RA / Dec
- 350.18° / 61.19°
Bubble Nebula
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).
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In the Milky Way
- Pillars of CreationStar-forming columns in the Eagle Nebula · 5,700 light-years3D
Picture: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; J. DePasquale, A. Koekemoer, A. Pagan (STScI).
- Orion NebulaNearest large star-forming region, M42 · 1,344 light-years3D
- Crab NebulaSupernova remnant, M1 · 6,500 light-years3D
- PleiadesOpen star cluster, M45 · 444 light-years3D
- Cosmic CliffsEdge of NGC 3324 in Carina · 7,600 light-years3D
- Horsehead NebulaDark nebula, Barnard 33 · 1,375 light-years3D
- Carina NebulaStar-forming region, NGC 3372 · 7,500 light-years3D
Picture: ESO. Acknowledgement: VPHAS+ Consortium/Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Sagittarius A*, imagedEvent Horizon Telescope, 2022 · 26,670 light-years3D
