The Bubble Maker
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WR134 is a Wolf-Rayet star - one of the rarest and most extreme stellar types in our galaxy. A relentless stellar wind hurling matter into space at thousands of kilometres per second has, over millennia, compressed and shaped the surrounding gas into the spherical emission bubble you see here. It glows in OIII, the light of doubly ionized oxygen, set against the vast red curtain of the Cygnus H-alpha complex. Also in the field: the open cluster NGC 6883 and the double star β² Cygni.

What draws me to Wolf-Rayet objects is the violence made visible. This bubble is not decoration - it is the direct record of a star slowly destroying itself, pushing its own outer layers outward until they pile up and glow. WR134 will likely end as a supernova. For now, it makes bubbles.

Scope: Askar 103APO
Lens: Askar 1.0x Flattener
Camera: ZWO ASI 294MC Pro
Filter: Antlia Tri-Band RGB Ultra
Mount: SkyWatcher AZ-EQ5-GT
Guiding: SkyWatcher Evoguide 50ED with ZWO ASI 224MC
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Pro
Focusser: ZWO EAF

Integration time: 13hrs 15min

Full version and print available at:
https://adfr.io/astro/20260522_wr134

#astrophotography #nebula #wr134 #wolfrayet #cygnus #narrowband #hubblepalette #hos #deepsky #nightsky #space #astronomy #astrophoto #stars #oiii #halpha #ngc6883

ISS astronauts pose with fresh fruit in microgravity
https://atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug=iss-astronauts-pose-with-fresh-fruit-in-microgravity
<p>A Cygnus XL spacecraft recently brought produce, oxygen tanks, and even a new exercise machine
#microgravity #astronauts #spacecraft #cygnus

Cygnus NG-24 décolle avec Falcon 9 : ce “camion spatial” livre vivres et matériel à l’ISS avant de brûler en rapportant les déchets www.msn.com/fr-ca/actual... #Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #ISS #Cygnus #Falcon9 #SpaceX

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Cygnus NG-24 décolle avec Falcon 9 : ce “camion spatial” livre vivres et matériel à l’ISS avant de brûler en rapportant les déchets https://www.msn.com/fr-ca/actualites/other/falcon-9-lance-cygnus-ng-24-depuis-cap-canaveral/vi-AA22i247 #Space #Science #Innovation #Astrophysics #ISS #Cygnus #Falcon9 #SpaceX

Cygnet posing in his nest https://pixelwithnature.art/cygnet-posing-in-his-nest/

This cygnet is just a few days old and it’s still in the nest it was born in. In this picture it looks like it already knows … #baby #bird #cygnet #cygnus #feather #green #nature #nest #swan #wildlife #young

🛰️🍎 Le cargo #Cygnus #NG24 est arrivé à l' #ISS le 13 avril avec 5 tonnes de fret. Il y avait aussi des fruits frais très appréciés des astronautes !
📷 Jessica Meier

Forscher haben die Plasmaströme des Schwarzen Lochs #Cygnus X-1 genauer untersucht. Die Materie wird mit der halben Lichtgeschwindigkeit ins All geschleudert und leuchtet so hell wie 10.000 Sonnen. https://winfuture.de/news,158196.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia