WR-134

WR 134 is a Wolf-Rayet star in Cygnus which is around 6,000 light years distant. It shines at 400,000 times the luminosity of the sun. Intense radiation and stellar winds have created a bubble of gas around the star. In this image the bubble is seen in blue/green doubly ionized oxygen (OIII) light. A large amount of hydrogen (HII) emission is also displayed as the red areas. The star responsible for this is near the center of the bubble and is whiteish. The image was taken with my #Stellarvue SVX 152T refractor and #zwoasi 6200 camera through RGB and HII/OIII filters. The image combines a bit over 47 hours of exposure time. Automation was controlled with a #primalucelab Eagle 4 pro and Voyager Astrophotography Automation software. The image is cropped and rotated for a pleasing view.

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