Name:The "Bubble" nebula

Constellation:Cassiopea

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300.

Exposure time:16 five minute exposures at ISO 800.

 

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

 
 

Magnitude: 7.3 (M52) 10.0 (NGC 7635)

Apparent size: 13.0' (M52) 15'X8' (NGC 7635)

The open cluster of stars, M52, is a nice cluster but, by itself, it is not that special. It is the addition of the nearby nebulosity that makes this a splendid astrophotography target.

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