ScienceDownEast | ScienceDownEast Astrophotography | Nebulae | NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula | NGC7380-5NGC7380 The Wizard nebula from 32 x 10 min subs
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NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. It is also known as 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). This reasonably large nebula is located in Cepheus. It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very dark skies and an O-III filter. Located 7200 light years away, the Wizard nebula, surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. The active star forming region spans about 100 light years, making it appear larger than the angular extent of the Moon. The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia (Cepheus). Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.
Total image time was 5 hr 20 min.
| Exposure | 32x 10min. | ||||||||
| Gain | 100 | ||||||||
| Camera | ToupTek ATR2600C [6224 x 4168] | ||||||||
| Optics | 120mm Skywatcher Esprit on a Proxisky UMi20S Strain Wave mount | ||||||||
| Guiding | ToupTek GPM462M using Phd2 with a 400mm guide scope. Average 20 min sub GuideRMS ranged from 0.4 to 1 using 0.5 sec exposures. | ||||||||
| Controller | Kstars on MeLe Quieter 4C | ||||||||
| Filter | Triad Quad Ultra | ||||||||
| Location | Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. | ||||||||
| Date | 2025-09-30 | ||||||||
| Processing | Processed in PixInsight. | ||||||||
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