M52 and the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635)

Posted by SCOPE KID
on Monday, March 8, 2010

by Frank Araiza

 

Image was taken 11-20-09 with a Celestron Nexstar GPS11 SCT telescope, QHY8 CCD camera with Hyperstar. 20x30 second images were taken stacked in Maxim DL processed in Maxim DL and CS4 Photoshop.  M52 is an open cluster 3800 light years away were as NGC7635 the Bubble Nebula is a diffused nebula it's round bubble shape created by a supernova explosion. Image was taken in Tucson Arizona. 

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