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Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)

Also known as Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635, Caldwell 11.

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One record per aspect. The origin says what kind of thing each value is; the source says where it came from; the limit says what it cannot tell you.

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Position Catalog

Image-field position and adopted distance

Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) image-field center is placed at J2000 RA 23.3 h, Dec 61.2° in Cassiopeia, at an adopted distance of 8,000 light-years.

EpochJ2000
LimitPublished image north rotation: -33.6 degrees right of vertical. Display depth is illustrative.
Physical data Catalog

Image field at the adopted distance

Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635) (stellar-wind emission nebula; central source BD +60° 2522, massive wind-driving O star): projected footprint at the adopted distance 12.1 × 11.5 light-years; outer radius used for arrival 6 light-years.

Methodmeasured sky-plane structure with constrained display depth
Appearance Reconstructed

Sky-plane structure with a display depth

The light field samples the published telescope composite at its angular scale and adopted distance. Color follows the source’s assigned wavelength palette. Shallow depth is illustrative, not measured tomography; foreground stars and telescope diffraction remain features of the source image.

Methodmeasured sky-plane structure with constrained display depth
LimitEmission points and knots are deterministic presentation samples, not individually catalogued gas parcels.

What is not measured

  • Appearance: a reconstruction from measurements, not a direct observation. Sky-plane structure with a display depth. Emission points and knots are deterministic presentation samples, not individually catalogued gas parcels.

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