Pluto's Outback of Photography and Musings

This is the Bubble Nebula. It’s estimated to be 10 light-years across and 7,100 light-years from Earth. It’s an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia, contained within a large molecular cloud. It’s shaped by stellar winds from a massive central star. The winds push against the slower-moving gas of the nebula, creating the bubble-like…

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