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NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
2026-07-27
What created this huge space bubble? Blown by the wind from a star, this tantalizing, head-like apparition is cataloged as NGC 7635, but known simply as the Bubble Nebula. Taken from Krakow, Poland, t…
© Paweł Piechnik
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