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NGC 7380 final, Stephen Duffy

NGC 7380 final

NGC 7380 final, Stephen Duffy

NGC 7380 final

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The Wizard nebula surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380 in the northern constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known as the Wizard Nebula, which spans an angle of 25′. Visually, the interplay of stars, gas, and dust has created a shape that appears to some like a fictional medieval sorcerer. The NGC 7380 complex is located at a distance of approximately 8500 light-years from Earth. At the center of the cluster lies DH Cephei, a close, binary system consisting of two massive O-type stars. This pair are the primary ionizing source for the surrounding Ha region and are driving out the surrounding gas and dust while triggering star formation. Text from Wikipedia

Taken from Santa Rosa, CA. September 2019

Mount: Paramount MYT Scope: TEC 140 Camera: QSI 683

R: G: B: Ha: O3 = 2.5h: 2.5h: 2.5h: 9h: 10h:

Reprocessed March 2023. HOO Combination for the nebula and RGB for the stars.

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NGC 7380 final, Stephen Duffy