NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula (WISE/Dss2), Giuseppe Donatiello

NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula (WISE/Dss2)

NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula (WISE/Dss2), Giuseppe Donatiello

NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula (WISE/Dss2)

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Sh2-142 - The Wizard Nebula

Credit: ESO/Dss2, NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/WISE, Giuseppe Donatiello

Color Mapping:

R: 22.0 µm + 12.0 µm WISE

G: 4.6 µm + 3.4 µm WISE

B: Dss2 IR plate



RA-DEC: 22 47 21, +58° 07′ 54″

The Wizard Nebula is an emission nebula that surrounds the open star cluster NGC 7380 in Cepheus. The active star forming region is at 7,200 light-years and It has a radius of 100 light-years. It has the designation Sh2-142 in the Sharpless catalog of HII regions.

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NGC 7380 - Wizard Nebula (WISE/Dss2), Giuseppe Donatiello