Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380
Wizard Nebula NGC 7380, Derek Dailey
Wizard Nebula NGC 7380
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Wizard Nebula NGC 7380

Wizard Nebula NGC 7380, Derek Dailey
Wizard Nebula NGC 7380
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Wizard Nebula NGC 7380

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Description

The Wizard Nebula is an emission nebula that surrounds the open star cluster NGC 7380 in the constellation Cepheus. The nebula is known for its unique shape, resembling the appearance of a medieval sorcerer. The active star forming region lies at a distance of 7,200 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 7.2. It has a radius of 100 light years and occupies 25 arc minutes of the apparent sky. It has the designation Sh2-142 in the Sharpless catalog of H II regions.

I imaged this over 2 nights on November 6th and 7th, 2020 in my backyard.

Nerdy details:

Acquisition: Bortle 8 Zone

Celestron C6XLT SCT OTA

Starizona NightOwl .4x focal reducer

600mm f/4

ZWO ASI533MC Pro Camera

Gain 240, Offset 70, -10C

ZWO ASI120MM Guide camera

Optolong L eNhance filter

Celestron AVX EQ Mount

Stellarmate INDI Controller

93 x 300 sec. Light frames. (7 hours 45 Minutes)

Calibration frames: 25 each darks, flats and dark flats

Astro Pixel Processor for stacking and processing

Post finishing in Photoshop and Lightroom

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Wizard Nebula NGC 7380, Derek Dailey