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Credit & Copyright: NASA, ESA, and F. Summers, G. Bacon, Z. Levay, and L. Frattare (Viz 3D Team, STScI);
Acknowledgment: T. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF, NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Explanation:
What would it look like to approach the Bubble Nebula?
Blown by the
wind
and radiation from a massive star,
this bubble now spans seven
light-years
in diameter.
The hot star inside is thousands of times more luminous than our Sun,
and is now offset from the nebula's center.
The visualization
starts with a direct approach toward the
Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)
and then moves around the nebula while continuing the approach.
The featured time-lapse visualization is extrapolated from images with the orbiting
Hubble Space Telescope and the
WIYN telescope on
Kitt Peak in
Arizona,
USA.
The 3D-computer model on which this visualization is based includes
artistic interpretations,
and distances are
significantly compressed.
Acknowledgment: T. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF, NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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Publications with keywords: NGC 7635 - Bubble nebula
Publications with words: NGC 7635 - Bubble nebula
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