Bubbles, Bubbles Everywhere!
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Milky Way Project
Observation • September 30th, 2019 • ssc2019-16a1
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This cloud of gas and dust in space is full of bubbles inflated by wind and radiation from massive young stars. Each bubble is about 10 to 30 light-years across and filled with hundreds to thousands of stars. The region lies in the Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Aquila (aka the Eagle).
About the Object
- Name
- Type
- Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Color Mapping
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared | 3.6 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 8.0 µm | Spitzer IRAC |
| Infrared | 24.0 µm | Spitzer MIPS |
Astrometrics
- Position (J2000)
- RA =18h 36m 4.9s
- Dec = -7° 24' 36.3"
- Field of View
- 1.1 x 1.1 degrees
- Orientation
- North is 62.6° left of vertical
