Wizard Nebula SHO, SH2-142, NGC 7380 (Joe Linington)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: NGC 7380

Wizard Nebula SHO, SH2-142, NGC 7380, Joe Linington

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Wizard Nebula SHO, SH2-142, NGC 7380

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Wizard Nebula SHO, SH2-142, NGC 7380

NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula and is known as S 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). It is extremely difficult to observe visually. The NGC 7380 complex is located at a distance of approximately 8.5 kilolight-years from the Sun, in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way. At the center of the cluster lies DH Cephei, a close, double-lined spectroscopic binary system consisting of two massive O-type stars. This pair are the primary ionizing source for the surrounding H II region, and are driving out the surrounding gas and dust while triggering star formation in the neighboring region.

Taken over 10 short summer nights, I collected just short of 29 hours of data which is a new project record for me. This is my first light for the complete rig I have slowly been building over the last few months. I wanted a deep integration to gain experience and have enough data to figure out this rig, which is a little slower than my other scope and has much smaller pixels. As a result it goes much deeper with a sampling rate of 0.83 arcseconds per pixel. I am sure it will keep me busy for at least a year. This image also happens to mark 1 year since my first Astrophotography attempt and plea for help on CN.

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