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The Wizard Nebula is simply a shape in a cosmic cloud surrounding open star cluster NGC 7380. Over the years it has earned its sorcerous nickname because of its similarity in appearance to a magician in a pointed hat. The Wizard Nebula is located 7,000 lightyears from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy and is found in the constellation Cepheus. This is an active star-forming region, and the stars in NGC 7380 unleash powerful streams of charged particles known as stellar winds that have sculpted the nebula into the wizard shape we see today.
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HE’S A PINBALL WIZARD!
THERE HAS GOT TO BE A TWIST!
A PINBALL WIZARD’S!
GOT SUCH A SUPPLE WRIST!
Annnnd that’s the last of it out of my system... Boy was this guy a doozy. I’m certainly relieved to have him crossed off my list.
Finding the Sleepy Wizard proved to be an easy task. After combing a couple of streets we found him sleeping under a stone edifice basking in the light of a full moon. We gave him a shake, he grunted, we gave him a second shake, he groaned, on the third shake he squinted at us and asked why we dared to wake him. When he heard we were seeking the Sacred Book of Adventures, he told us it could be found at the Wizard's library. With that, his eyes snapped shut and he was once again off in dreamland.
Image imagined in MidJourney AI and finished with Topaz Studio and Lightroom Classic.
This is a narrowband image of the Wizard Nebula (NGC7380), situated in the constellation Cepheus. The Nebula is approximately 8500 light-years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus arm of the Milky Way, which is the same arm as our solar system.
This image is a SHO image, created by combining three images using SII, Ha, and OIII narrow-band filters. Each filter was captured for a duration of 100 minutes using a Williams Optics Zenithstar 73 telescope and an ASI294MM Pro camera, resulting in a total of 5 hours of imaging. The images were then processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop. The telescope used for this observation is located at Starfront Observatory in Texas.
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.
I don't get to the coast very often these days, but when I do I love shooting seascapes. Water in motion adds a cool kinetic element to the rocks and sea stacks - in this case the famous Wizard Hat stack at Bandon beach on the Oregon coast.
The Wizard Nebula is a star-forming zone; in fact, it is associated with an open cluster, with very young stars, and in which stars continue to form.
The nebula and cluster together is NGC 7380 and, more specifically, the nebula is cataloged as Sh2-142, while the cluster is cataloged as Cr 452
It is practically an emission nebula, although, as in many nebulae, it has reflection parts and filaments of dark nebulosities.
SW ED80- ZWO 178MMC HaRGB 280:20:20:20_120 s
La nebulosa del Mago es una zona de formación de estrellas; de hecho, está asociada a un cúmulo abierto, con estrellas muy jóvenes, y en el que continúan formándose estrellas.
El conjunto de la nebulosa y el cúmulo es NGC 7380 y, más en concreto, la nebulosa está catalogada como Sh2-142, mientras que el cúmulo está catalogado como Cr 452
Es prácticamente una nebulosa de emisión, si bien, como pasa en muchas nebulosas, tiene partes de reflexión y filamentos de nebulosidades oscuras.
ED80 ZWO 178MMC HaRGB 280:20:20:20 de 120 s
“But if none of you’s putting the news out that Voldemort’s back —” Harry began.
“Who said none of us was putting the news out?” said Sirius. “Why d’you think Dumbledore’s in such trouble?”
“What d’you mean?” Harry asked.
“They’re trying to discredit him,” said Lupin. “Didn’t you see the Daily Prophet last week? They reported that he’d been voted out of the Chairmanship of the International Confederation of Wizards because he’s getting old and losing his grip, but it’s not true, he was voted out by Ministry wizards after he made a speech announcing Voldemort’s return. They’ve demoted him from Chief Warlock on the Wizengamot — that’s the Wizard High Court — and they’re talking about taking away his Order of Merlin, First Class, too.”
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 5
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Welcome to № 12 Grimmauld Place, former home of the Blacks and now Headquarter of the Order of the Phoenix.
Sadly Ron, Hermione and Molly didn't fit on the limited base any more, but I was quite happy to get the others - particularly the twins - in here. The seating arrengement is the same as in the movie btw.
The credits for the chair legs go to Markus. He used similar ones in his version of the Weasley's kitchen.
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If you haven’t seen the first four parts so far, please have a look at the albums of my predecessors.
1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
created by Marcel
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
created by Markus
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
created by Kevin
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
created by Thorsten
You can also find all the vignettes in our flickr group.
Visit this location at Sunny's Photo Studio in Second Life
Wizard Outfit by Forest Fantasy Taxi: Forest Fantasy Mainsto
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Playful%20Paradise/194/246...
Male Outfit includes: Robe and Short
Female Outfit includes: Robe and Bodysuit
Both outfits include: Staff, Halo, Hat and colour change HUD
I may or may not be listening to more Harry Potter than is good for me :P Happy early Thanksgiving everyone!
After finishing my fan mod, I finally got round to getting my OIII and SII Data last night, so here's the final image
NGC7380 - Wizard Nebula
Image Details:
22x 600S - 7nm HA
19x 600S - 7nm OIII
19x 600S - 7nm SII
25 Darks and 25 Flat frames for each filter
Equipment Used:
Imaging Scope: Sky-Watcher Quattro 8-CF 8" F4 Newtonian
Guide Scope: Celestron Telescopes C80ED
Imaging Camera: Atik Cameras 383L+ Mono CCD Cooled to -20C
Guide Camera: Qhyccd 5L-II
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8 Pro
Capture Software: Main Sequence Software Sequence Generator Pro
Guide Software: PHD2
Dark/Flat Subtraction and Stacking: Maxim-DL
Post Processing: PixInsight
The data has been captured over the past two weeks, the weather has not been so kind recently, I blame all those people who bought new equipment :D
Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. Wizard Island is a volcanic cinder cone which forms an island at the west end of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The top of the island reaches about 755 feet (230 m) above the average surface of the lake. The cone is capped by a volcanic crater about 500 feet (150 m) wide and 100 feet (30 m) deep. (Wikipedia) Wizard Island in one of only two islands in Crater Lake. Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.
*note: i'm reading harry potter and the goblet of fire again, so that's why it's not put together with the others atm.
muggles and magic, tales of beedle the bard, harry potter and the sorcerers stone, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry potter and the half-blood prince, harry potter and the deathly hallows.<3
The Wizard Nebula is simply a shape in a cosmic cloud surrounding open star cluster NGC 7380. Over the years it has earned its sorcerous nickname because of its similarity in appearance to a magician in a pointed hat. The Wizard Nebula is located 7,000 lightyears from Earth in our Milky Way galaxy and is found in the constellation Cepheus. This is an active star-forming region, and the stars in NGC 7380 unleash powerful streams of charged particles known as stellar winds that have sculpted the nebula into the wizard shape we see today.
Here is another entry for the summer joust 12x12. I built the entire thing on a 12x12 base and then just removed the plates just to ake sure it qualifies.
Wizard Nebula
From August 4-6th 2019
Almost 14hrs total SHO (Hubble Palette)
55 x 300s Ha , 56 x 300s Oiii, 54 x 300s Sii
Meade 6000 series 80mm APO
ZWO ASI1600MM PRO with 8 pos filter wheel
Astrodon Ha5nm, Oii3nm, Sii5nm
EQ6R Pro mount guided with QHY 5L-II-M and mini guide scope
Captured with APT, PHD2, Polemaster
Processed in Pixinsight
The Wizard Nebula, or NGC 7380, in the Cepheus constelation.
Taken over 3 nights, this is a stack of 300s exposures at gain 100: 25xHa, 15xSii, 30xOiii. Combined into SHO and Foraxx Palletes and then blended, all in Pixinsight.
Equipment:
- SkyWatcher Esprit 100ED and Flattener
- ASI 2600 MM
- HEQ5-Pro
- Baader 7.5nm Filters
- Starsense + Polemaster
- ASI Mini Off Axis Guider
Captured using Astrophotography Tool.
The High Wizards are gathering round the Miraculous Tripod of the Seasons.
Clad in the gold leaf robes and wearing the second sight caps of the fur of unknowable beasts and encrusted with alchemical nuggets of gold, they orchestrate and regulate the miracle of ... ..............SPRING.
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The bunch of tulips was on the window sill, with direct, if rather weak, sunlight shining straight into this bloom. It looked stunning and irrisistible.
Please see it in its full MYSTERY www.flickr.com/photos/algo/112054361/sizes/o/in/photostream/ + Full Screen F11
www.flickr.com/groups/cotc/ Cream of the Crop - favourite
B I R D Pro User says:
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THE SORCERER'S PALACE
as if I am seeing
a new thing
through your
trusted eyes
never so clear
never so gold
never so purple
a descriptive vision
not tongue in cheek
but rather simple words
that draw the world to stillness
awakening a sense of disbelief
a chill wind that chases reality
to the corner
candid simple dramatic
a dream must have risen up
and mesmerized you
guiding you
through the moment
that the shutter
slid across
and captured beauty
told a story
in an instant
and called truth
as a witness
BIRD
Poem Copyright
©2006 Frederick Douglass Perry, All Rights Reserved
Crater Lake seen from the top of the Watchman, one of the highest points along the rim of the caldera that contains the lake.
"Gringotts, the wizard bank! Ain't no safer place. Not one. Except perhaps Hogwarts." - Rubeus Hagrid
Whenever I make entries for building contests, I always try to make sure that my entry would be somewhat different from the others, so that even if I ended up losing, I can still have something unique to be proud of. :) For this instance, I tried to challenge the concept of microbuilds, where most people would go for small intriguing details brought to life by creative part usage, I wanted to up the scale so that no only I can end up with something massive, but I can also play with some bigger geometries.
I chose Gringotts because I feel like it's a place that kind of ties the franchise together as it only appeared in the first and last movie. It also allows me to have a little bit of everything in the build: big movements like the crooked facade, small details like the desks for the goblins, and also an animal build - the Ukrainian Ironbelly.
I tried to populate the interior with as much detail as I can, and I swear I have never done such extensive research for any other MOC before! I also went out of my comfort zone a bit and try out something I have wanted to touch upon for many years - cheese slop mosaic for the lobby floor. Another more interesting bit would be the golden ring on the chandelier, which took me a while to figure out a seamless connection.
As for the exterior, the crooked walls and columns are in fact the main reason why I chose Gringotts Bank as my subject. I am particularly happy with the front as all the columns and windows/doors are offset in a different direction with some pretty secured connections.
However, my favourite part of the entry would still be the infamous Ukrainian Ironbelly that wrecked the roof of Gringotts. I am extremely happy with the head as well as the wings, which was giving my headaches the whole time as I don't have any cloth piece or special wing piece that I think can fit the scale I was going for at first. Hope you enjoy it! :)
Full Album: www.flickr.com/photos/legocityson/albums/72157701646027344
Checked out the Wizardy Fair thing, didn't see anything I liked but it did inspired me to make a wizard.
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120 ED
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Mount: Orion Atlas Pro
Guide Scope: Astro Tech 60mm
Guide Camera: QHY5L-ii
Software: SGP, PHD2, PixInsight 1.8, Lightroom
Accessories: SW Field Flattener, ZWO EFW, PoleMaster, Sesto Senso Focuser, Flip-Flat, Astrodon Filters
Images:
Ha: 43 x 300"
Total Integration: 3.58hrs
taken on 10/27/2018
Always time for a little quickie. I know this is a bit hot where the sun is...but just a quick upload. May rework that area later. I used the blue gold filter for a neat look, I think :-)
"Gringotts, the wizard bank! Ain't no safer place. Not one. Except perhaps Hogwarts." - Rubeus Hagrid
Whenever I make entries for building contests, I always try to make sure that my entry would be somewhat different from the others, so that even if I ended up losing, I can still have something unique to be proud of. :) For this instance, I tried to challenge the concept of microbuilds, where most people would go for small intriguing details brought to life by creative part usage, I wanted to up the scale so that no only I can end up with something massive, but I can also play with some bigger geometries.
I chose Gringotts because I feel like it's a place that kind of ties the franchise together as it only appeared in the first and last movie. It also allows me to have a little bit of everything in the build: big movements like the crooked facade, small details like the desks for the goblins, and also an animal build - the Ukrainian Ironbelly.
I tried to populate the interior with as much detail as I can, and I swear I have never done such extensive research for any other MOC before! I also went out of my comfort zone a bit and try out something I have wanted to touch upon for many years - cheese slop mosaic for the lobby floor. Another more interesting bit would be the golden ring on the chandelier, which took me a while to figure out a seamless connection.
As for the exterior, the crooked walls and columns are in fact the main reason why I chose Gringotts Bank as my subject. I am particularly happy with the front as all the columns and windows/doors are offset in a different direction with some pretty secured connections.
However, my favourite part of the entry would still be the infamous Ukrainian Ironbelly that wrecked the roof of Gringotts. I am extremely happy with the head as well as the wings, which was giving my headaches the whole time as I don't have any cloth piece or special wing piece that I think can fit the scale I was going for at first. Hope you enjoy it! :)
Full Album: www.flickr.com/photos/legocityson/albums/72157701646027344
The Open Cluster, NGC 7380 and its surrounding Emission Nebula, Sh2--142, is a young (12 million years) star-forming region in the Milky Way. Its distance is approximately 8,400 light years.
Photo using a ZWO S50 by stacking 10-second images for 85 minutes from my suburban backyard.
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