Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380
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NGC 7380 and Sh2-142 Wizard Nebula - SHO, Kenneth Lim
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NGC 7380 and Sh2-142 Wizard Nebula - SHO

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NGC 7380 and Sh2-142 Wizard Nebula - SHO

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NGC 7380 is a young open cluster and is surrounded by the Wizard Nebula – an emission nebula.
      Constellation                        Cepheus
      Apparent magnitude           7.2
      Radius                                   20 ly
      Distance                                8.5 Kly
      Age                                         4 – 20 M yr          (source = Wikipedia)

The Wizard Nebula spans about 110 light-years with dark clouds of dusts and star forming Ha region. NGC 7380 stars are made from the star forming Ha region only in the last 5 million years. (source = www.constellation-guide.com).

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NGC 7380 and Sh2-142 Wizard Nebula - SHO, Kenneth Lim