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Zoom into the Bubble Nebula

This video starts with a backyard view of the constellation Cassiopeia and zooms into the central region of the Bubble Nebula observed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • Release Date
    April 21, 2016
  • Science Release
    Hubble Sees a Star ‘Inflating’ a Giant Bubble
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  • Credits
    NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI); Acknowledgment: A. Fujii, USNO/STScI, Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, and UKSTU/AAO, T. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF, NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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Feb 25, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
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