. v5 q4 B# {, k6 f& sNGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula 2 X* H$ f5 x) `0 q: Z影像来源: NASA, ESA, Hubble Heritage Team - Reprocessing by Maksim Kakitsev Explanation: Blown by the wind from a massive star, this interstellar apparition has a surprisingly familiar shape. Cataloged as NGC 7635, it is also known simply as The Bubble Nebula. Although it looks delicate, the 7 light-year diameter bubble offers evidence of violent processes at work. Above and left of the Bubble's center is a hot, O-type star, several hundred thousand times more luminous and some 45 times more massive than the Sun. A fierce stellar wind and intense radiation from that star has blasted out the structure of glowing gas against denser material in a surrounding molecular cloud. The intriguing Bubble Nebula and associated cloud complex lie a mere 7,100 light-years away toward the boastful constellation Cassiopeia. This sharp, tantalizing view of the cosmic bubble is a composite ofHubble Space Telescope image data from 2016, reprocessed to present the nebula's intense narrowband emission in an approximate true color scheme. + e# o5 t, V6 |+ B: N4 r4 y* H明日一图预告: pixels in space7 g; K- u, q4 U' w
