By Victoria Bryhan | 2025-09-19
On 09/18/2025 11:00 pm by Marcy Curran | Cheyenne, Wyoming
The Lobster Claw is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia, approximately 11,050 light years from Earth. It's intricate shape is illuminated by a young, massive star at its center, which influences the surrounding gas and dust.The Bubble Nebula is an emission nebula in Cassiopeia, created by the stellar wind of a massive star located about 7,100 light-years away. A few other items of interest are also labeled. NGC 7538 is located in the constellation Cepheus. It's located about 9,100 light-years from Earth. It is home to the biggest known protostar which is about 300 times the size of the solar system. NGC 7510 is an open cluster of stars located around 11,400 light years away in the constellation Cepheus, near the border with Cassiopeia. It’s part of the Perseus spiral arm. And HR8892 is smaller and less luminous than the sun and classified as an orange dwarf main sequence stars. It’s about 21 light-years away and has six known exoplanets.
William Optics 91 FLT scope
Ogma AP26CC Camera
Paramount MyT mount
Stacked and processed in Pixinsight
80 images - 5 minutes each