Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380  ·  Sh2-142
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NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula), urmymuse
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NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula)

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NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula)

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My second go at narrow band imaging using optolong duo narrow band filter

Fell asleep so scope bashed into mount hope no perm damage done, will see tonight as looks like will be clear

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.

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.

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Description: Reprocessed data, reduced stars significantly, tried to get more contrast ... still as a heavy crop does not stand much zooming in

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NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula), urmymuse