Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380  ·  PK107-00.1  ·  Sh2-142  ·  Sh2-143
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The Wizard Nebula NGC7380, Barry Wilson
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The Wizard Nebula NGC7380

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The Wizard Nebula NGC7380, Barry Wilson
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The Wizard Nebula NGC7380

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I find this image quite eerie in its semblance to a pointy-hat wearing wizard reclining with open arms drawing you into his enchanted embrace . . . [shivers sinister intent]. Located in the constellation of Cepheus this nebula has quite strong signals in each of the three NB channels and is a joy to process.

I integrated data from a home observatory captured Wizard to boost the overall integration however the overwheliming bulk comes from e-Eye and the Tak FSQ106. I removed stars using a star mask and morphological transformation and after some processing combined the deconvolved Ha channel as a luminance. By leaving some remnant green within the colour data I find that it can enrich the Hubble Palette and bring some robust orange to the golden yellows. It may not be to everyone's taste but I am favouring this palette now.

Data acquisition: Barry Wilson & Steve Milne

Processing: Barry Wilson

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The Wizard Nebula NGC7380, Barry Wilson