Object: NGC 7380 The Wizard Nebula HST – 2020

NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula or Sharpless 142 Sh2-142) is an open cluster with associated nebulosity located in the constellation of Cepheus. It is about 7200 light years from earth and has a radius of about 100 light years.

Details:

- Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron EdgeHD 11 Celestron 11" Edge HD @f/7

- Imaging camera: FLI MicroLine ML16200

- Mount: Astro-Physics 1100 GTO CP4

- Guiding telescope or lens: Celestron OAG Deluxe

- Guiding camera: ZWO ASI174 Mini

- Focal reducer: Celestron .7x Focal Reducer, for 11 HD

- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Sequence Generator Pro, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley

- Imaging location: Western Massachusetts

- Imaging date 9/18/2020 to 9/26/2020

Accessories: Optec FastFocus C-11 SMFS, FLI CFW-7

Filters:

- Chroma Ha 3nm 50mm

- Chroma OIII 3nm 50mm

- Astrodon SII 3nm 50mm

Exposure TImes:

- Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 17 x 30min. (510min) bin 1x1

- Oxygen III (OIII):13 x 30min. (390min) bin 1x1

- Sulfur II (SII):15 x 30min. (450min) bin 1x1

Total Exposure:1350min. (22.5hr)

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

NGC7380 The Wizard nebula in its natural cloud of interstellar gas and dust. I have had this one on the back burner for some time as a fill in project while waiting for the main target to rise into position. I have tried to capture the Wizard in its faint nebular surroundings . Hope you find it interesting.

Integration: about 40 hours Narrowband

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NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel .

**Reprocessed with Drizzle data

NGC7380 The Wizard Nebula is an open cluster in the constellation of Cepheus. It was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding nebula is in the 1959 Sharpless catalog as Sh2-142. It is approximately 8,000 light-years away.

HST Palette

Ha-(green) 25x300sec (2h 5m)

OIII-(blue) 22x360sec((2h 12m)

SII-(red) 30x420sec(3h 30m)

R/G/B(for stars)- 18x120sec/each(1h 48m)

9h 35m total

11" Celestron EdgeHD w/Hyperstar(F/2)

QHY23M

Taken 8/26,8/30,9/4,9/5

Nébuleuse du sorcier en bi-couleur HOO

La nébuleuse du Sorcier (NGC 7380) est un amas ouvert situé à environ 8 000 années-lumière de la Terre dans la constellation de Céphée.

Prise de vue le 06, 07 et 08 octobre 2023.

Monture HEQ5 + Polemaster

Lunette TS PHOTOLINE 80 / 560 avec correcteur TS 2,5 pouces : 560 mm à F/7

Caméra : Altair-Astro 183 MM ProTec refroidie

AD : 22h 47m 25.93s

DEC : +58° 05’ 52.096 ‘’

Taille 79,4 x 53,3 arcmin

Orientation 171°

Filtre H-Alpha Baader 7 nm : 77 x 240 secondes Gain 400 -15° C Bin 1x1 soit 5 heures 8 minutes

Filtre O3 Baader 8,5 nm : 75 x 240 secondes Gain 400 -15° C Bin 1x1 soit 5 heures

20 darks, 75 offsets et 20 flats pour chaque couche

Exposition totale : 10 heures 8 minutes

from nasa.gov: "NGC 7380 is located in the constellation Cepheus about 7,000 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way Galaxy. The star cluster is embedded in a nebula, which spans some 110 light-years. The stars of NGC 7380 have emerged from this star-forming region in the last 5 million years or so, making it a relatively young cluster. NGC 7380 was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. Her brother, William Herschel, discovered infrared light in 1800."

Askar 120APO with .8 reducer: 660 f/5.5

ZWO ASI533MM Mono Camera at -20C

Guided on ZWO AM5

21x300s with 3nm Ha filter

37x300s with 5nm Oiii filter

37x300s with 5nm Sii filter

Processed with PixInsight, Ps

ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer 2i.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc

L-Extreme 63x300s

Bortle 8.

PixInsight.

NGC 7380 : Nébuleuse du Sorcier.

Lunette 80ED Esprit + ASI1600MC. 40 poses de 240s. Traitement SIRIL et Photoshop.

Ciel sans lune, humide.

The conditions were pretty bad, but it was worth a try.

-Setup:

Telescope: Omegon 126/880 f/7 Triplet APO

Mount: Losmandy G11

Camera: Canon EOS 6D Astrodon mod.

-Imaging Data:

12x600" ISO400

2.00h

Instruments ou objectifs:TS-OPTICS 10 F/4 CARBON, Sky-Watcher Quattro 250mm f/4 Black diamond

Imageurs:SBIG STF8300M SBIG

Montures:10 MICRON GM1000 HPS, AZ EQ6 GT AZ EQ6

Instrument de guidage:Kepler 60mm

Caméra de guidage:Orion StarShoot AutoGuider - Orion

Réducteur/correcteur de focale:TS-Optics TS.Optics GPU

Logiciels:Photoshop CC 2017, Bisque Software TheSkyX Pro, MaxPilote, MaxIm DL Pro 5 MaxIm DL, PixInsight

Filtres:Astronomik 2 HA, Astronomik 2 RGB, Astrodon RBG True Balance Gen II 36mm, OIII

Accessoires:USB_Focus V3, Robofocus

Résolution: 3071x2210

Images:

HA: 132x900" bin 1x1

OIII: 13x900" bin 1x1

Astrodon RBG True Balance Gen II 36mm: 77x180" bin 1x1

Intégration: 40.1 Heures

“Hooray new data at last”

Though I could’ve re-processed my previous data of this image but decided it’s about time I got some new images. This is less integrated time but exposures were 6 min each and I used my new 6nm Ha filter. I imaged for 5.5h but could only use 4h due to light clouds at times.

Note:

I removed all the stars after the initial processing using StarNet++ and then added the Ha stars back in at the end.

NGC 7380 (Sh2-142) also commonly known as the “Wizard Nebula” is an open cluster with nebulosity. It’s a star forming region some 7,200 Light Years from earth and spans about 100 light years, it has an apparent magnitude of about 7.2.

EQUIPMENT:-

Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera

Orion Mini Auto Guide

Astronomik 6nm Ha Filter (New)

Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter

Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC

IMAGING DETAILS:-

NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula (Cepheus)

Gain 139 (Unit Gain)

Dithering

20 Ha subs@360 (2h)

20 Oiii subs@360sec (2h 00)

Total imaging Time 4h

20 Darks

25 Flats

PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-

APT "Astro Photograph Tools"

StarNet++

DSS

PS CS2

Another pass at processing this object.

From astroblog.cosmobc.com: "NGC 7380, also known as the Wizard Nebula, is a mesmerizing masterpiece of the universe. Its magnificent structure and colorful appearance make it a fascinating subject for astronomers and space enthusiasts alike.

The nebula is composed of a cluster of stars, which illuminate the gas and dust clouds surrounding them, creating a stunning display of hues ranging from deep reds to vibrant blues and greens. The intricate details of the nebula’s structure are visible in high-resolution images, revealing ornate filaments and swirls of gas and dust.

Its unique shape, resembling a wizard casting a spell, adds to its mystical allure. It is truly a wonder of the universe, and its intricate structure and vibrant colors continue to captivate and inspire us."

Askar 120APO with .8 reducer: 660 f/5.5

ZWO ASI533MM Mono Camera at -20C

Guided on ZWO AM5

21xHa, 37xOiii, 37xSii @300s

Processed with PixInsight, Ps

NGC7380 or Sh2-142 - The Wizard nebula - is approximately 8000 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus.

This is a reprocess of some old data as I was never happy with the original

Details

M: Avalon Linear Fast reverse

T: Takahashi FSQ85 0.73x

C: Atik 460EXM with 3nm narrowband filters

24x1800s Ha

15x1800s OIII

15x1800s SII

Total integration time - 27 hours

I first imaged The Wizard Nebula back in August 2017 but decided to replace the Oiii data and add an additional 1h of Ha data, I was also hoping that my processing has improved in the last 2 years.

NGC 7380 (Sh2-142) also commonly known as the “Wizard Nebula” is a star forming region some 7,200 Light Years from earth and spans about 100 light years.

EQUIPMENT:-

Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera

Orion Mini Auto Guide

Astronomik 12nm Ha Filter

Astronomik 6nm Oiii Filter

Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC

IMAGING DETAILS:-

NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula (Cepheus)

Gain 139 (Unit Gain)

Dithering

24 Ha subs@300sec (2h)

10 Ha subs@360sec (1h 00min)

25 Oiii subs@360sec (2h 30min)

Total imaging Time 5h 30min

20 Darks

25 Flats

PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-

APT "Astro Photograph Tools"

DSS

PS CS2

NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787.

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.

(Wikipedia)

More astrophotography at: telescopius.com/profile/k-bahr

and on Instagram: www.instagram.com/astrophotography_in_the_north/

DESCRIPTION: I took data in two sessions under not so good weather conditions. 175 min total integration time looks not so enough too. Better weather and much more time is needed… I would very appreciate your comments or tips.

OBJECT: NGC 7380, Wizard Nebula, Constelation Cepheus, apparent magnitude 7,2, apparent dimension 25 arcmin, FOV 2 x 1,3 arcdeg, More info - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7380

GEAR: Nikon Z7 Kolari Full Spectrum + Nikkor 500/5,6 PF, Rollei Astroklar Light Pollution filter, pixel scale 1.79 arcsec/px, tracking mount iOptron CEM60EC - 3 star alignment, no auto guiding, dew heater.

ACQUISITION: September 12 + 18, 2020, Struz, CZ, 14 Subs á 300 s, ISO 400 + 35 Subs á 180 s, ISO 640, f 5,6, Interval 20 s, Darks 40x, Bias 20x, Flats 30x. Total exposure time 175 min. Night, breeze, hazy, 10C, no Moon, Light pollution - Bortle 5.

STACKING AND POST PROCESSING: AstroPixelProcessor (stacking, background neutralization, light pollution removal, calibrate background and stars colors) , Adobe Photoshop CC 2020 (stretching, black and white point settings, star reduction and dim, enhance DSO, colour balance, no noise reduction, contrast setting and sharpening). Cropped 4,3x, image size 3970 x 2646 px.

NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula, which spans an angle of 25′. German-born astronomer William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. The nebula is known as S 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142).

NGC 7380, ou nébuleuse du Sorcier, est un amas ouvert situé à environ 8 000 années-lumière de la Terre dans la constellation de Céphée. Découvert par Caroline Herschel en 1787, l'amas s'étend sur environ 100 années-lumière.

(source: Wikipedia)

= Acquisition info =

William Optics Zenithstar 73ii (FL 430mm)

Risingcam IMX571 color

iOptron CEM26

WO Uniguide 50/200 + ZWO ASI224MC

NINA & PHD2

= Séances photos =

21 et 27 juillet et 2 août 2024 : Filtre IDAS NBZ -- 180sec x 180

= Traitement/processing =

Siril, Starnet+++ & Gimp

Exposition après traitement : 7h30min

@Astrobox 2.0

Échelle de Bortle : niveau 9

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec

AstroM1

Resembling the shape of a medieval Sorcerer in the constellation Cepheus the open cluster NGC 7380 and the surrounding Nebula known as “The Wizard Nebula” otherwise known as Sh2-142 lies at a distance of approximately 8500 light years and spans 20 light years.

Captured recently using the new QHY600 60 Megapixel Full Frame Monochrome CMOS camera mounted on the Takahashi 130 FSQ that we have the honor of testing for QHYCCD.

This new setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1. grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment

In this Hubble Palette version (SHO) the H-Alpha is mapped to green, SII is mapped to red and OIII is mapped to the blue channel. while the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters used in the making of this Hubble Palette image reveal much more of the hidden gasses not visible in a broadband image, I used Starnet in Pixinsight to make the image Starless and then added the more natural star color by inserting stars from the RGB image. Captured over 4 nights in October 2020 for a total acquisition time of 11.6 hours.

View in High Resolution

Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/owlueu/

Technical Details

Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Dates of Capture October, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st 2020

RED 65 min 13 x 300 sec

GREEN 60 min 12 x 300 sec

BLUE 40 min 8 x 300 sec

HA 170 min 17 x 600 sec

OIII 170 min 17 x 600 sec

SII 190 min 19 x 600 sec

Narrowband Filters by Chroma

Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version

Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit

Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames

Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5

Image Scale: 1.19 arcsec/pix

Field of View: 3d 7' 41.0" x 2d 3' 5.3 (127.3 x 190.1 arcmin)

EQ Mount: Paramount ME

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6 Pre Processing and Starnet in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC

This is a framing of the rich complex of nebulosity in and around the constellations of northern Cygnus and southern Cepheus, in a blend of "white light" images and images shot through a deep red hydrogen-alpha filter that isolates the red emission line from the gas clouds, bringing them out in much more detail than is otherwise possible.

The North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and adjacent Pelican Nebula (IC 5070) are below centre beside blue Deneb. The Gamma Cygni complex, IC 1318, is at lower right. The main nebula at top left is IC 1396 in Cepheus. The Cocoon Nebula lies at the end of the long dark strreak, B168, left of centre. The wispy streak at bottom left is Sharpless 2-126, aka the Great Lacerta Nebula, though it does not look too great here! It is one of many faint arcs and patches of emission nebulosity that litter the field. The dark area below Deneb is the Northern Coal Sack. The darker region above Deneb is the Funnel Cloud Nebula, aka LeGentil 3. The bright area at lower right in the Milky Way is the Cygnus Starcloud, a region less obscured by dark interstellar dust.

This is a blend of: a stack of 14 x 5-minute exposures at f/2 and ISO 3200 with the Canon Ra equipped with a clip-in Astronomik 12nm H-alpha filter, plus a stack of 6 x 2-minute exposures at f/2.8 and ISO 1600, with the latter shot through a front-mounted URTH broadband filter to help block skyglow and gradients. All with the Canon RF 28-70mm lens at 50mm and on the Star Adventurer tracker for tracked but unguided shots taken from home October 2, 2022 on a very clear and mild night. Dew spoiled the last of the white light images, thus I used only the first 6 for the stack. The dew added the natural star glows. The initial H-alpha shots were taken with the waxing crecent Moon still up.

All stacking, alignment and blending in Photoshop. Luminosity masks applied with Lumenzia. The H-alpha stack was layered in with a Screen blend mode and with its own adjustment layers and masks, and colorized with a Hue-Saturation layer. The H-alpha data was not added by replacing the red channel, as that provides no control of the blend of the H-alpha image. A mild and masked Orton Glow effect added with Luminar AI.

Image Details:

Scope: A-P 130mm EDFS @ f/6.44 (no flattener)

Camera: QSI 6120

Filters: Astrodon 3nm

Mount: Takahashi EM-200

Guiding: QHY 5LII-M & Mini Guidescope (PHD2)

Image Capture: Sequence Generator Pro

Processing: PixInsight

Location: Central District, Seattle, WA

Ha: 31x10min

OIII: 30x10min

SII: 32x10min

Total integration time = 930 min ~ 15.5 hours

NGC 7380 Nebulosa del Mago

Mas info.... celfoscastrofotografia.blogspot.com/2021/10/ngc-7380.html

El equipo empleado fue...

Telescopio: ED80 Sky Watcher + 0.85X

Montura: HEQ5 Pro

Cámara: QHY163m

Enfoque: MyFocuserPro2

Guiado: MiniScope 50mm Orion, CámaraGuia/QHY5 L-II c

Adquisición: SGP (Sequence Generator Pro)

Apilado y procesado: PixInsight, Photoshop

Tomas

Paleta: HOO

Ha: 50x300s

OIII: 27x300s

Total Expo: 6h 25min

Temperatura sensor: -10°C

Distancia Focal: 510mm

F/ 6,3

An open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog. This reasonably large nebula is located in Cepheus. It is extremely difficult to observe visually.

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. (I personally don't see that)

Image capture details: (6h 20m)

Ha-9x1,200sec (3h)

OIII-5x1,200sec((1h 40m)

SII-5x1,200sec(1h 40m)

Imaging Equipment:

SharpStar 140PH Triplet

Celestron CGEM II mount (hypertuned),

ZWOASI1600MM Pro camera

... Pixinsight using HOO palette colours

NGC 7380 also known as the Wizard nebula. It is actually an open star cluster that has nebulosity associated with it it. Located in the constellation Cepheus about 7,000 light-years from Earth within the Milky Way Galaxy.

The star cluster is embedded in a nebula, which spans some 110 light-years. The stars of NGC 7380 have emerged from this star-forming region in the last 5 million years or so, making it a relatively young cluster.

Check out a larger res image on my website www.swagastro.com/ngc7380-wizard.html

Taken with the Dual Takahashi rig the exposure details are

M: Skywatcher EQ8

T: Tak FSQ 85

C: Astrodon Ha, OIII and SII filters

48x1800s Ha

48x1800s OIII

24x1800s SII

​Totalling 60 hours of total exposure time

This data was taken in 2019.

My most ambitious project to date!

NGC 7380, Also known as the Wizard Nebula, the Flying Horse Nebula and Sh2-142, is a region of gas, dust and young stars. Located 7200 light years way in the constellation Cepheus, the Wizard Nebula is very hard to see visually, but is a favorite imaging target. Most people have no trouble making the Wizard - wearing a pointed hat, a well defined nose and a bright blue star for his eye. He also appears to be wearing a cloak and posing with his hands and fingers outstretched.

This was a challenge object for me. This is my first full narrowband image and used many image processing steps that were new to me. I also collected a lot of data for this one (at least a lot for me). I collected 37x5-minute exposures over 4 nights of Ha, O3, and S2 filter data - for a total of almost 10 hours of integration. In addition to this, I collected 30x90 second of data for R,G,B, and another round of 15x30 seconds R,G,B for a grand total just short of 12 hours.

The idea here was to 1) play with using both narrowband and traditional RGB data mixed in the same image, and the final 30 seconds RGB data set was so I could potentially use RGB stars in a false color narrowband image in the Hubble SHO color palette.

I ended up creating a SHO image by using the SHO_AIP2 Script in Pixinsight which allows a false color image to be created from a blend of Ha,O3,S2,R,G,& B data. Since Narrowband images sometimes create stars that look a little funky, I wanted to use real RGB star data in the final image. Later in the process I also created RGB color images of the object. I then used Starnet - a neural network tool that removes stars from images to create an image of just the nebula. I used the same tool to extract just the stars from the RGB images. I then combined the two to create this image I am sharing here today.

On one hand, I am really happy with this image in that it is my very first Narrowband image. On the other hand this image still has star artifacts that I do not like and so I have an on-going challenge to improve my processing techniques to create better star images.

Thanks for looking!

Here are the details for this image

37 x 300 seconds Ha bin 1x1 @-15C

37 x 300 seconds OIII bin 1x1 @-15C

37 x 300 seconds SII bin 1x1 @-15C

30x90 seconds R bin 1x1 @-15C

30x90 seconds G bin 1x1 @-15C

30x90 seconds B bin 1x1 @-15C

15x30 seconds R bin 1x1 @-15C

15x30 seconds G bin 1x1 @-15C

15x30 seconds B bin 1x1 @-15C

50 x 2 seconds Bias exposures

25x 300 seconds Dark exposures

50 Ha Flats

50 Oiii Flats

50 Sii Flats

50 R Flats

50 G Flats

50 B Flats

Scope: Astrophysics 130mm Starfire F/8.35 APO refractor

Guide Scope: Televue 76mm Doublet

Camera: ZWO ASI1600mm-pro with ZWO Filter wheel with ZWO filter set

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI290Mini

Focus Motor: Pegasus Astro Focus Cube 2

Mount: Ioptron CEM60

Polar Alignment: Ioptron Ipolar integrated alignment cameras

Capture Software: PHD2 Guider, Sequence Generator Pro controller

Image Processing: Deepsky Stacker, Pixinsight, Photoshop, along with Coffee, extensive processing indecision and second guessing, frequent processor's regret, significant frustration and the occasional swear word...…..

ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer 2i.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc

L-Extreme 63x300s

Bortle 8.

PixInsight.

The Start of Something New

Planet Dokeia

Interplanetary Travel

And I'm on the verge of saying goodbye again. We have come to the end of another adventure together again. We still haven't found the Plunonians. Unfortunately, I have not encountered any civilization on this planet, which I have visited and named Dokeia, on which I have lived for a while. I was quite surprised that I did not encounter a civilization on this planet suitable for life. Just like the other life-friendly planets I have visited, the planet Dokeia was one of the abandoned habitable planets. Why were these habitable planets abandoned? What was the force that drove the civilizations living on it to leave these planets? These are questions that I still don't know the answers to. I have not encountered any negatives so far. When I find lost civilizations, I think I will have learned the answers to these questions. If I can find them. When I started space travel, while I was looking for a planet suitable for life, the fact that I found dozens of planets suitable for life and that they were all abandoned frightened me. What could be the power that frightened entire civilizations to leave their planets? The prospect of encountering this power in my interplanetary travels frightened me. What could I do alone in the face of the force that pushed huge civilizations to abandon their planets? In order to overcome my fears, I stop asking myself some questions. And I don't pay attention to every detail. Otherwise, my interplanetary journey might come to an end. I don't want to go back to my planet until I complete this mission I've been on.

Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i

Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu

Location: Outer space (space)

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A magic nebula

Nascosta nella costellazione di Cefeo, a oltre 7.000 anni luce, la Nebulosa del Mago si apre come un sipario di gas e polveri.

Il suo nome nasce dalla forma che ricorda un mago col cappello a punta, scolpito dalla luce e dai venti stellari.

Le giovani stelle massicce fanno risplendere di colore rosso le nuvole di gas l’idrogeno circostante, creando pennellate di magia

Dati di ripresa:

SkyWatcher Newton 200/1000 • Camera asi 533 mc e filtro sv220 • Integrazione totale: 2 ore • Ripresa da cielo urbano.

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ASI 294 MC PRO.

72 ED Skywatcher con reductor/aplanador 0.85.

Star Adventurer.

Guiado Asi 120mm Mini.

Ganancia 123/ Offset 30 -10ºc

L-Extreme 63x300s

Bortle 8.

PixInsight.

The Wizard Nebula NGC7380 has been my hardest astro target. So faint and just too many stars surrounding it. I'll try again next year and the next!

This shot is a combination of two different cameras (294mc Pro and 2600 Duo), and two different telescopes (Astro-Tech 60EDP and Sharpstar Z4), all stacked in AstroPixel Processor. Total integration time was 6.6 hours.

The area in Cepheus containing NGC 7380 (upper left), aka the Wizard Nebula, as well as the famous double and variable star Delta Cephei, at top centre. The star at upper right is Zeta Cephei. The brighter nebula between the two stars is Sharpless 2-136. The large nebula at lower right, containing both red hydrogen-alpha and green oxygen-III emission regions, is Sharpless 2-132, aka the Lion Nebula. The field of view here is 6° by 4°.

This is a blend of a stack of 8 x 12-minutes at ISO 1600 through an IDAS NB1 narrowband filter, with a stack of 14 x 6-minute exposures at ISO 800 with a "clear" Astronomik UV-IR Cut filter, all with the Canon EOS Ra camera through the SharpStar 76mm apo refractor at f/4.4 with its field flattener/reducer. Autoguided and dithered with the MGEN3 auto-guider. No darks or LENR employed. Faint nebulosity brought out with the aid of luminosity masks created with Lumenzia.

Wizard Nebula (nebulosity around NGC 7380 ) Stack of 35 * 240 sec from my light polluted patio.

The famous Wizard Nebula, but my version. This is 46 hrs and 50 min. of stacked SHO images with 1.5 hrs of RGB stars. It's 7,200 light years away, in the constellation Cepheus, which is near the north star. Not visible to the naked eye, but can't escape my telescope ! SkyWatcher RQ6R-Pro mount, Esprit 120mm, QHY268M, Optolong 3mm SHO filters

This is a panorama along about 60° of the northern summer Milky Way from Cepheus at left, to Cygnus at centre and at right. It frames the great variety of bright and dark nebulas in this region of the sky, notably:

- the circular IC 1396 nebula at left in Cepheus with the orange Garnet Star,

- the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) just left of centre,

- and the IC 1318 complex around Gamma Cygni just right of centre.

The dark Funnel Cloud Nebula, aka Le Gentil 3, is at left between IC 1396 and NGC 7000, while the dark region to the right (south) of NGC 7000 is the Northern Coal Sack, though to the eye, as here, that area does not appear as dark as the Funnel Cloud area.

The bright Cygnus Starcloud is right of centre, where we are looking down the Milky Way's spiral arm we live in. It is bordered below by the Cygnus Rift of dark lanes in the Milky Way which continue south into Aquila.

The small (on this scale) Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) and Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) are at far left in Cepheus.

The small round red Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146, is at the end of a thin lane of dark dust, B168, or the Dark Cigar, at bottom left, while the tiny green Dumbbell Nebula, M27 in Vulpecula, is just visible at bottom right.

This is a stitch using Photoshop's Photomerge function of 10 segments, each segment a stack of 8 to 10 exposures of 1-minute each with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera at ISO 800. All on the Star Adventurer tracker.

The camera was turned to portrait orientation to align the long dimension of the frame across the width of the Milky Way for greater east-west coverage. This required moving the camera by only 5° from segment to segment to ensure enough overlap. I used a ball head with an additional panorama azimuth motion with degree gradations on it to faciliate panning along the Milky Way following the galactic equator using just one simple motion.

The lens had an 82mm URTH Night broadband light pollution reduction filter on it to help increase contrast and bring out the nebulas. No narrowband filters were used here. Even so, most of the contrast enhancement was in processing with the application of a Nik Collection 6 Pro Contrast filter, plus curves with luminosity masks, and a Nebula Filter action in PhotoKemi Startools actions.

Taken from home on a fine though not fully transparent night on May 14/15, 2023 when the time for shooting this area was limited due to the short spring night. Two more segments shot to the right farther down the Milky Way were too blue and struck by dawn twilight to be usable.

The Wizard Nebula (NGC7380), approx. 8,500 light years distant within our Milky Way and in the constellation Cepheus.

This image was result of stacking 35 5 minute exposures, for a total of 2 hours 55 minutes. Using dual narrow band Ha - OIII filter.

NGC 7380 is a young open cluster of stars in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula, which spans an angle of 25′. German-born astronomer William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. The nebula is known as S 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142).

NGC 7380, ou nébuleuse du Sorcier, est un amas ouvert situé à environ 8 000 années-lumière de la Terre dans la constellation de Céphée. Découvert par Caroline Herschel en 1787, l'amas s'étend sur environ 100 années-lumière.

(source: Wikipedia)

= Acquisition info =

William Optics Zenithstar 73ii (FL 430mm)

Risingcam IMX571 color

iOptron CEM26

WO Uniguide 32/120 + Touptek GPM462M

NINA & PHD2

= 4 Séances photos =

17 octobre et 1er, 2 et 18 novembre 2025 : Filtre IDAS NBZ -- 180 sec x 326 (exposition totale : 16h20)

= Traitement/processing =

Siril, GraXpert, Starnet+++ & Affinity Photo

Exposition après traitement : 14h30min

@Astrobox 2.0

Échelle de Bortle : niveau 9

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Québec

AstroM1

A cropped Bi-Color processing test of the Wizard Nebula (Sharpless Sh2-142). It is a reasonably large nebula located in the constellation of Cepheus, about 7,200 light-years from Earth.

The Wizard nebula surrounds a developing open star cluster catalogued as NGC 7380. The active star forming region spans 100 about light-years, making it appear larger than the angular extent of the Moon.

The Wizard Nebua is always very low on the horizon at my latitude in the Southern Hemisphere. Imaging Deep Sky Objects that are low on the horizon is a challenge due to "atmospheric seeing", dust and light pollution that is in greater abundance.

Imaged in Narrowband:

Hydrogen-Alpha (656.3nm)

Oxygen-III (500.7nm)

Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,

and finished in Photoshop.

My philosophy when it comes to processing Narrowband images in different wavelengths of the light spectrum:

"Capturing Data is Science, but Processing it is Art".

Astrometry Info:

RA, Dec center: 341.832842805, 58.0442012636 degrees

Orientation: 0.331857092543 deg E of N

Pixel scale: 2.36074357005 arcsec/pixel

View this image in World Wide Telescope.

Martin

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Taken over two nights (yes! we had 2 nights clear) 7th and 8th July

Skywatcher 250pds on Pier mounted HEQ6pro mount

SW80 with Synguider

Camera was DSLR Canon 1100D Astro mod

x13exposures at 120 seconds Lights CLS Clip filter

x13 exposures at 180 seconds Lights CLS Clip filter

x16 exposures at 300 seconds H-Alpha Clip filter

All exposures 1600 ISO Total 2hr 25min

RAW files gathered in Backyard EOS

Stacked in DSS

Main process in Pixinsight.

PS used to merge H-Alpha

I have not added any diffraction spikes, these are just as they came out of my DSLR.

Still having problems merging H-a into main RGB using Pixinsight. Again I had to go back to PS. :( I will get there in the end

NGC 7380 is an open cluster in the constellation Cepheus. The emission nebula surrounding the cluster is known as the Wizard Nebula and gets its name from resembling a wizard wearing a tall hat.

NGC 7380 is a very young star cluster at under 12 million years old and is undergoing much active star formationl. A pair of massive supergiant stars near the centre of the nebula are the cause of the ionization and glowing of much of the nebula.

It was shot in bi-colour using the STC Duo-Narrowband filter which captures only the Ha and OIII bandwidths. This final image is a false colour image done in a quasi-Hubble palette.

-=Tech Data=-

-Equipment-

Imaging Scope: Explore Scientific 80ED

Mount: Celestron CGX

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI 1600MC-Pro

Filter: STC Dua Narrowband (Ha and OIII)

Guide Camera: ZWO ASI120 Mini

Guide Scope: Starfield 60mm guide scope

Dew Control: Kendrick

Power: Pegasus Astro Pocket Power Box

- Acquisition -

144 x 5 second exposures (2H 24M total)

- Software -

Acquisition / Rig Control: Sequence Generator Pro

Stacking: Astro Pixel Processor

Processing: PixInsight

Post Processing: Photoshop CC

Shot at the Camden Lake Provincial Wildlife Area near Moscow, Ontario.

Also known as Sh2-142, the Wizard Nebula is an open star cluster with nebulosity located in the constellation Cepheus at an estimated distance of about 7,200 light-years away.

Taken in September & October 2017 over multiple nights (September 28-30 & October 1-4) from Campbell, CA, USA. Sky: 18.80 mag/arcsec^2

Total integration: 13.5 hours (810 mins)

Details, Equipment, & Software:

Telescope: Astro-Tech AT10RCT (FL2000mm f/8)

Camera: SBIG STF-8300m (-10°C)

Filter: Astrodon 36mm H-α 5nm

Guide: OAG-8300 with QHY5III174

Focuser: Moonlite CSL w/ high res stepper motor

Mount: Astro-Physics AP1100GTO

Capture: Sequence Generator Pro

Frames:

Astrodon H-α: 54x900s

Stacking/Final Processing: Pixinsight

The Wizard Nebula in SHO narrowband.

Celestron RASA 8

Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

ZWO ASI1600MM Pro

22 x 300s SII, 42 x 180s Ha, 32 x 180s OIII @ Gain 139

H-alpha used for luminance.

Newbury, Berkshire, UK

HSO Komposit with RGB stars.

ZWO ASI2600mm-pro and TS Photoline 130/910 mm

62 x 30 s R

60 x 30 s G

61 x 30 s B

45 x 200s Ha

46 x 200s OIII

63 x 200s SII

NGC7380 or the Wizard Nebula as it is commonly known as, is an emmision nebula in the constelation of Cepheus

Image Details:

Acquisition Dates:Sept. 20, 2019, Sept. 21, 2019, Sept. 30, 2019, Dec. 6, 2019, Dec. 9, 2019, Dec. 20, 2019, Dec. 25, 2019, Dec. 31, 2019

Frames:

Astronomik Ha 6nm: 51x300" (gain: 11.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astronomik OIII 6nm: 51x300" (gain: 11.00) -20C bin 1x1

Astronomik SII 6nm: 51x300" (gain: 11.00) -20C bin 1x1

Integration: 12.8 hours

Darks: ~101

Flats: ~101

Flat darks: ~101

Avg. Moon age: 15.36 days

Avg. Moon phase: 43.95%

Bortle Dark-Sky Scale: 4.00

Equipment Details:

Imaging Scope: Sharpstar Optics 15028HNT Hyperboloid Astrograph Reflector

Imaging Camera: Qhyccd 183M Mono ColdMOS at -20C

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro

Guide Scope: Sky-Watcher Finder Scope

Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Ltd Lodestar X2

Filters: Astronomik 36mm RGB F2.2 Certified

Filterwheel: Starlight Xpress Ltd 7x36mm EFW

Power and USB Control: Pegasus Astro Ultimate USB Hub

Focuser: Primalucelab Sesto Senso Auto Focuser

Image Acquisition Software: Main Sequence Software SGPro

Guide Software: PHD 2

Processing Software: PixInsight

This Wizard is a combination of HA data for the structure of the nebula shot with an ASI1600mmp and RGB data for the colors taken with an ASI294mcp.

75 x 60s RGB (ASI294mcp)

25 x 300s Ha (ASI1600mmp)

Telescope: TS Photoline 130/910 apo triplet

Newton 200/1000, QHY 294 Mono ,SHO

Starless Wizard Nebula (ngc7380)

Found in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way and is 7000 light years from Earth with a radius of 100 light years.

Equipment used;

QHY268M

FRA600 Telescope

CGX Mount

Astronomik narrowband filters

Capture details;

48 x 300 Ha

36 x 300 Sii

36 x 300 Oiii

No calibration frames.

Software used;

SGP, PHD2, Pixinsight & Photoshop

Re-process of my previous upload, and with a false green channel, for a more "natural" look.

Natural insofar as something that you can't see and doesn't actually exist can look natural! These things are like clouds - they may have a discernible shape from down here but get up there amongst them and they're just mist - an unimaginably fine and tenuous "mist" in the case of these objects. Add this to the fact that this thing is about 150 lights years wide anyway, and you realise it's all an illusion. We take images of illusions - and we worry about getting the colour right. Cool :)

ED80 with 0.85 reducer, HEQ5 pro

Cooled mono Canon 450D

Astronomik 12nm Ha and Olll filters

10 x 1200 seconds Ha, 9 x 1200 seconds Olll

Calibrated and stacked in Nebulosity

Processed with Straton and CS5

Object: NGC7380 & The Wizard Nebula (2012)

NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula or Sharpless 142 Sh2-142) is an open cluster with associated nebulosity located in the constellation of Cepheus. It is about 7200 light years from earth. This was done in the HST palette which is accomplished by combining sub frames using three narrowband filters that capture light produced by glowing hydrogen (Ha), oxygen (OIII) and sulfur (SII) present in the nebula. Green is assigned to hydrogen, blue to oxygen and red to the sulfur.

Acquisition Date: 10/21/2012

Camera: SBIG ST8300M @ -12°C

Telescope: Orion 8-Inch f/3.9 Newtonian Astrograph

Mount: Losmandy G11 with Gemini II

Guidescope: 50mm finder/guider

Guide Camera: Orion SSAG

Filters:

-Hydrogen Alpha (Ha): 8 x 15min. (120min.)

-Oxygen III (OIII): 5 x 15min (75min)

-Sulfur II (SII): 5 x 15min (75min)

Total Exposure: 270min. (4.5hr)

Limiting Magnitude: 5.1

Comments: Baader Planetarium RCC I Rowe Coma Corrector used.

This is a quick combination of older RGB data shot with my Pentax K3 ii and 2 hours of Ha-data shot with my actual ZWO ASI1600mmpro.

RGB: 96 x 300s @ ISO 800 Pentax K3 ii

Ha: 25 x 300s gain 139 ASI1600mmpro with Baader 36mm Ha filter.

TS 130/910 apo refractor on Skywatcher EQ6-R. All on my home balcony in Bortle 5 zone.

Technical Information:

Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab

Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque

Camera: QHYCCD QHY9

Filter: Optolong H-a 7nm, OIII 6.5nm, SII 6.5nm

Frames: H-a: 40x900s -- OIII: 40x900s -- SII: 30x900s

Total Integration: 27.5 Hours

Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – DSS – PixInsight – CS6

Location: Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY

Environment Temperature: About 22°C

Relative Humidity: 85%

Date: 04.09.20 - 05.09.20 - 06.09.20 - 08.09.20 - 09.09.20

Taken from the AstroAtlas Observatory situated in Noventa di Piave (ITALY), this is NGC7380 in Hubble Palette Technique.

I have acquired it with half moon.

Unfortunately, during the post processing, I struggled with an halo due to the fact some lights entered inside the camera from a small hole...

I hope you like it and clear skies!

NOTE: The image was acquired from a polluted sky with high humidity - Bortle 5.