NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula (Jeff Swanson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: HD215286 · HD215588 · HD215605 · HD215771 · HD215806 · HD215835 · HD215907 · HD240068 · LBN 506 · LBN 511 · LDN 1200 · NGC 7380 · PK107-00.1 · Sh2-142 · Sh2-143

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NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula

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NGC 7380 - The Wizard Nebula

First image fully processed using PixInsight along with BlurXTerminator. The Wizard Nebula. Up to this point I've been using a few pieces of software to process my images, the main piece was Photoshop. I've somewhat used the trial version of PI, it was mostly made up of frustration. Finally said enough's enough...and purchased it. I'm sooooo glad I did! 🙂

Using my older image data of this particular target, it took me 5 hours to process. lol! I started at around 10pm...and just finished... 2:55am. 🤓 I'm very happy with the result! Which means I get to reprocess most of my older data. I'll happily get around to it...

The Wizard Nebula...located in the constellation of Cepheus. 7,200 light years from my driveway. I captured over 2 hours of image data...

Technical Stuff:

William Optics Zenithstar Z61
William Optics Flat61
ZWO 30mm Guide Scope
Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
ZWO ASI120MM-S
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro

William Optics Swan Dovetail Plate for Losmandy Style Saddle: 400mm

Image Details:

45 - 180s exposures (Lights)
30 - Dark Calibration Frames
30 - Bias Calibration Frames
60 - Flat Calibration Frames

Optolong L-Ehance 2” Filter

Stacked in Deep Sky Stacker
Processed in PixInsight

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	7789182
PixInsight job	PEQ5P153U7A0BX41CNJLFTEZL1NGR32G
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	22h46m14s.46
RA (top/left)	22h43m14s.53
RA (top/right)	22h40m43s.36
RA (bottom/right)	22h49m24s.14
RA (bottom/left)	22h51m33s.78

Dec (center)	+58°18′24″.2
Dec (top/left)	+57°23′21″.8
Dec (top/right)	+59°00′02″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+59°13′03″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+57°35′47″.10

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