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Wizard Nebula - NGC7380
Imaging telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI 183 MM PRO
Mount:SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Goto
Guiding telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Guiding camera:Astrolumina Alccd5L-IIc
Focal reducer:Pal Gyulai GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector 4-element
Software:DeepSky Stacker Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.4, FitsWork 4, Adobe PhotoShop CS5, PHD2 Guiding
Filters:Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm, Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm, Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm
Accessory:TSOptics TS Off Axis Guider - 9mm
Dates:June 21, 2018, June 27, 2018, Sept. 14, 2019, Sept. 15, 2019
Frames:
Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm: 40x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm: 23x420" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm: 18x420" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 11.5 hours
Darks: ~37
Flats: ~27
Flat darks: ~100
Avg. Moon age: 13.39 days
Avg. Moon phase: 89.80%
RA center: 341.794 degrees
DEC center: 58.052 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.493 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 66.112 degrees
Field radius: 0.447 degrees
Locations: Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany
Data source: Backyard
Object description (wikipedia.org):
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.
Wizard Nebula - NGC7380
Imaging telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Imaging camera:ZWO ASI 183 MM PRO
Mount:SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro Goto
Guiding telescope or lens:GSO 8" f/5 Newton
Guiding camera:Astrolumina Alccd5L-IIc
Focal reducer:Pal Gyulai GPU Aplanatic Koma Korrector 4-element
Software:DeepSky Stacker Deep Sky Stacker 3.3.4, FitsWork 4, Adobe PhotoShop CS5, PHD2 Guiding
Filters:Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm, Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm, Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm
Accessory:TSOptics TS Off Axis Guider - 9mm
Dates:June 21, 2018, June 27, 2018, Sept. 14, 2019, Sept. 15, 2019
Frames:
Baader Ha 1.25" 7nm: 40x600" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium O3 1.25" 8.5nm: 23x420" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Baader Planetarium SII 1.25" 8nm: 18x420" (gain: 200.00) -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 11.5 hours
Darks: ~37
Flats: ~27
Flat darks: ~100
Avg. Moon age: 13.39 days
Avg. Moon phase: 89.80%
RA center: 341.794 degrees
DEC center: 58.052 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.493 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 66.112 degrees
Field radius: 0.447 degrees
Locations: Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany
Data source: Backyard
Object description (wikipedia.org):
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.