Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380  ·  Sh2-142
NGC7830 - The Wizard Nebula, Jason Wiscovitch
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NGC7830 - The Wizard Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
NGC7830 - The Wizard Nebula, Jason Wiscovitch
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NGC7830 - The Wizard Nebula

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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The Wizard Nebula 🧙‍♂‍- NGC 7380

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. It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very dark skies and an O-III filter. 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. The Wizard Nebula can be located with a small telescope toward the constellation of the King of Aethiopia (Cepheus). Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.

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celestronuniverse Edge HD 8”

zwoasi 1600mm, 224MC, OAG, ASIAIR PRO, & EAF

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skywatcherusa EQ6-R Mount

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-6.5hrs SII, 5.3hrs HA, & 8.2hrs OIII

- 20hrs Total Integration Time

-50 Darks, 50 Flats, 250 Bias per session

-Gain 139

-Temp-15c

-Bortle 5

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NGC7830 - The Wizard Nebula, Jason Wiscovitch