Object: NGC 7635	Camera: Meade DSI Pro II
Date: 8/26/2008	Telescope: Meade 80mm ED refractor
Total Exposure: LRGB - 64':32':32':32'	Subexposures: 4 minutes each
Location: West Boylston, MA	Guiding: Envisage - DSI Pro - Meade 8" LX90

Processing:

Meade AutoStar Suite Image Processing:
Dark Subtracted

Each color channel Aligned and Combined

Each of those sets aligned with each other

Photoshop:

Each channel imported using Fits Liberator plug-in

Curves and Levels adjusted to each channel

Red, Green and Blue channels RGB merged

Luminance data added as a luminance layer - took the simple route this time.

More curves and levels adjustments to taste

Added diffraction spikes via Noel Carbonni's actions

Description:
NGC 7635 - The Bubble Nebula

NGC 7635 (also known as the Bubble Nebula) in the constellation Cassiopeia is a H II region, emission nebula. It lies close to the direction of the open cluster Messier 52. The "bubble" is created by the stellar wind from a massive hot, 8.7 magnitude young central star, SAO 20575 (BD+60 2522). The nebula is near a giant molecular cloud which contains the expansion of the bubble nebula while itself being excited by the hot central star, causing it to glow.