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This monochrome image of NGC 7380 (a.k.a. Wizard Nebula, Sh2-142) was taken with an Hα filter. Forty x 5 min exposures taken over 3 days
provided a total integration time of 200 mins.
Taken with the NYAA Lorenz telescope.
The Wizard Nebula is located in the constellation of Cepheus
The Wizard is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787
The image consists of:
43x5Min Exposures at ISO 1600
19x Dark Frames
47x Flat Frames
Imaging Scope Used: Astro Tech AT8RC
Camera: Canon 500D Modified and Cooled to -15 Degrees C
Image Acquisition: BackyardEOS www.backyardeos.com
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6Pro
Guide Camera: QHY5
Guide Software: Maxim DL
Stacked and Pre-Processed: Nebulosity
Post Processing: Photoshop CS5 and Noise Ninja
Wizard Nebula
35 x 240”
ES 102ED, 0.8x Reducer
Zwo ASI1600MC-C
Celestron AVX
Zwo Guidescope, Zwo ASI290M Mini
PHD2, PixInsight 1.8
Wizard nebula or NGC7380. An emission nebula 8000 light years away in the constellation Cepheus. A truly magnificent sight.
This image is an integration of 5 hours worth of Halpha data used as luminance and 30 minutes for each color.
Out of this world public domain images from NASA. All original images and many more can be found from the NASA Image Library
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The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380). The objective here was to combine new data with old. NGC 7380 requires a lot of exposure and the 4 hours and 45 minutes we shot over two nights the previous year wasn’t enough to really bring out the object so this year another 2 hours and 30 minutes was added bringing the total exposure time to 7 hours and 15 minutes. Frankly, the extra exposure didn't bring out as much detail as I was hoping but it's still a nice image. Processing the picture was tricky because it's easy to make the stars appear bloated while trying to bring out the fainter details. I think this target is probably best left for either very dark skies or narrowband imaging...but maybe I'll add some more data next year to see if it is possible to do it justice from London.
NGC 7380 is an open cluster, 7200 light years away in the constellation Cepheus. It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very dark skies and an O-III filter. 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. Although the nebula may last only a few million years, some of the stars being formed may outlive our Sun.
Information from:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7380
087 x 300 second exposures at Unity Gain (139) cooled to -20°C
080 x dark frames
100 x flat frames
100 x bias frames (subtracted from flat frames)
Binning 1x1
Total integration time = 7 hours and 15 minutes
Captured with APT
Guided with PHD2
Processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop
Equipment:
Telescope: Sky-Watcher Explorer-150PDS
Mount: Skywatcher EQ5
Guide Scope: Orion 50mm Mini
Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI120MC
Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MC Pro
Baader Mark-III MPCC Coma Corrector
Light pollution filter
NGC 7380 at Calstar 2014. Also known as the Wizard Nebula, this was one of the main targets that I was intending for digital work at the starparty in September. Because it was high in the sky in a northern region, my usual spots to go for dark sky sites didn't offer very good chances to get away from city lights.
Taken over two night sessions on the first and second days at Calstar. 10 minute subexposures used at 200 ISO. 22 frames on the first and 11 on the second for a total of 330 minutes of integration.
Normal setup for my digital images: modified Pentax K10D with cooling. Stellarvue SV4 scope with flattener. Only used the IDAS HEUIB II filter for UV/IR and red spectrum control around Ha.
Calibrated with Maxim 5.24. Stacked with DSS. Processed in PixInsight.
I took this one with my William Optics FLT91 with F68III flattener, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro colour camera and Optolong L-Ultimate filter (narrowband 3nm Ha & OII). Post processed in PixInsight, Affinity Photo 2.
See the same target taken with a bigger telescope (FLT 132): flic.kr/p/2q32pRX
More acquisition details: astrob.in/pkbnzt/0/
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Graphic showing the assembly of narrowband grayscale data used to create an LRGB narrowband false color image of NCG 7380, also known as the Wizard Nebula.
Luminance channel is Halpha data.
R=[SII] data
G=Halpha data
B=[OIII] data
Graphic shows the atomic transitions corresponding to the different channels that are used to build up the composite RGB mosaic. Each grayscale image of narrowband data is colorized and used to build the full color composite. Athough [SII] and Halpha are both in the red part of the visible spectrum, they are mapped to red and green respectively.
This nebula is a star-forming region located in the outer arm of our galaxy. Note the bubble of ionized gas surrounding the star at center left.
Images credit: Ken Westall
Graphic prepared by Mike Malaska
NGC7380 - The Wizard Nebula. Very short amount of data, but it's my first narrowband Hubble Palette image, so I'm pleased with the start...
Imaging scope: Orion EON 80ED
Imaging Camera: ST8300M (capture with Equinox Image)
Filters: Baader SII-Ha-OIII in FW5-8300 filter wheel
Guide scope: AT8RC
Guide camera: Starfish Fishcamp (guided with PHD)
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Calibration in Equinox Image and processing in PixInsight.
Hubble Palette:
Red - SII: 4x3min (3x3)
Green - Halpha: 4x3min (3x3)
Blue - OIII: 4x3min (3x3)
NGC 7380 at Calstar 2014. Also known as the Wizard Nebula, this was one of the main targets that I was intending for digital work at the starparty in September. Because it was high in the sky in a northern region, my usual spots to go for dark sky sites didn't offer very good chances to get away from city lights.
Taken over two night sessions on the first and second days at Calstar. 10 minute subexposures used at 200 ISO. 22 frames on the first and 11 on the second for a total of 330 minutes of integration.
Normal setup for my digital images: modified Pentax K10D with cooling. Stellarvue SV4 scope with flattener. Only used the IDAS HEUIB II filter for UV/IR and red spectrum control around Ha.
Calibrated with Maxim 5.24. Stacked with DSS. Processed in PixInsight.
I imaged the Wizard Nebula on 11/29/11 in Tehachapi, Ca. It is a narrow band composite using Ha as red; OIII as green&blue; SII as Blue. Taken with 8 inch Newtonian and Atik 383L+ CCD. Here is an explanation from NASA/APOD:
What powers are being wielded in the Wizard Nebula? Gravitation strong enough to form stars, and stellar winds and radiations powerful enough to create and dissolve towers of gas. Located only 8,000 light years away, the Wizard nebula, pictured above, 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 100 about 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.
NGC7380 - the Wizard Nebula in the Hubble Palette. Been a long time since I've had a successful night of imaging due to clouds and schedules. This is a combination of older Ha frames I had and some fairly recent quick (and weak) OIII and SII shots.
Imaging scope: AT8RC
Imaging Camera: ST8300M (capture with Equinox Image)
Filters: Baader Narrowband filter in FW5-8300 filter wheel
Guide scope: Orion EON 80ED
Guide camera: Starfish Fishcamp (guided with PHD)
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Calibration in Equinox Image and processing in PixInsight.
R - SII: 5x5min (2x2)
G - Halpha: 9x10min (2x2)
B - OIII: 5x5min (2x2)
Discovered in 1787 by Caroline Herschel, NGC 7380 is an open cluster of stars that lies approximately 8,500 light years away from Earth in the constellation Cepheus. It lies in the Perseus arm of our Milky Way Galaxy and has an angular size of ~25 arc-minutes in our night sky.
Excited by intense stellar radiation, the glowing gas surrounding this cluster forms an emission nebula colloquially known as the Wizard Nebula. Using narrowband filters, much of the light pollution from nearby Cleveland, Ohio was rejected from the image, allowing finer details to be revealed.
This image was integrated using frames shot on 4 different nights using a modified 9.25"Schmidt-Cassegrain f/2.2, through narrowband filters for Hydrogen α (656.3 ±7 nm), Oxygen III (500.7 ±7 nm), and Sulfur II (672.4 ±6.5 nm). PixInsight software was used to process the many subframes into this image using the SHO palette.
Exposures: ~ 5 hrs. total equivalent
285 x 30 seconds Hα/OIII
310 x 30 seconds SII
Telescopi o obiettivi di acquisizione: SkyWatcher ED 80//600
Camere di acquisizione: Canon 1100D
Montature: SkyWatcher NEQ6 Pro
Telescopi o obiettivi di guida: SkyWatcher 70/500
Camere di guida: Skywatcher Synguider 2
Riduttori di focale: SkyWatcher Reducer 0.85
Software: Pleiades Astrophoto S.L. PixInsight V1.8
Risoluzione: 3200x2110
Date: 18 agosto 2015
Pose: 25x420" ISO800
Integrazione: 2.9 ore
Dark: ~19
Flat: ~31
Bias: ~41
NGC7380 - The Wizard Nebula
Imaging scope: AT8RC
Imaging Camera: ST8300M (capture with Equinox Image)
Filters: Baader LRGB in FW5-8300 filter wheel
Guide scope: Orion EON 80ED
Guide camera: Starfish Fishcamp (guided with PHD)
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Calibration in Equinox Image and processing in PixInsight.
L(HaR)GB:
Lum: 13x3min
Halpha: 9x10min
RGB: 5x3min each
NGC 7380 is an open cluster in Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula
Skywatcher 100ED
Canon 700d
120s x 6 (12mins)
Observation start time ... 2024-05-18 22:26:21 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2024-05-18 22:43:49 UTC
Focal distance ........... 554.90 mm
Pixel size ............... 4.29 um
Field of view ............ 2d 18' 25.0" x 1d 32' 23.1"
Image center ............. RA: 22 46 57.824 Dec: +58 04 53.19 ex: -0.012870 px ey: +0.023440 px
Resolution ............... 1.595 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -88.493 deg
NGC7380 - The Wizard Nebula
Stretched a bit more in Ha to reveal more of the fainter nebulosity.
Imaging scope: AT8RC
Imaging Camera: ST8300M (capture with Equinox Image)
Filters: Baader LRGB in FW5-8300 filter wheel
Guide scope: Orion EON 80ED
Guide camera: Starfish Fishcamp (guided with PHD)
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Calibration in Equinox Image and processing in PixInsight.
L(HaR)GB:
Lum: 13x3min
Halpha: 9x10min
RGB: 5x3min each
NGC 7380 is an open cluster in Cepheus, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. The surrounding emission nebulosity is known colloquially as the Wizard Nebula
Skywatcher 100ED
Canon 700d
120s x 6 (12mins)
Observation start time ... 2024-05-18 22:26:21 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2024-05-18 22:43:49 UTC
Focal distance ........... 554.90 mm
Pixel size ............... 4.29 um
Field of view ............ 2d 18' 25.0" x 1d 32' 23.1"
Image center ............. RA: 22 46 57.824 Dec: +58 04 53.19 ex: -0.012870 px ey: +0.023440 px
Resolution ............... 1.595 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -88.493 deg
Five exposures of the Wizard...1500 seconds..
ST10@-20C
Astrodon 3nmHa filter....first trial.
ADU tops out at 420 versus 600 for the 9nm filter....(!)
So I am pretty happy...even if some of this is due to better sky...
Moon is about the same...ie 85%
Prior Ha image is below,in comments
The inner workings of The Wizard nebula.
Hubble palette (Ha 3nm) OIII and SII filters combined as S H O.
C14edge working at F7.8 (2737mm) on EQ8 mount
Atik414ex ccd camera
Total 9 hours exposure.
Artemis capture
APP
Nebulosity
Photoshop
Topaz labs.
The Wizard Nebula in Cepheus, imaged with S2/Ha/O3 using a 235-mm SCT and 0.7x reducer. Total exposure of 11.1 h (S2:5.5, Ha:2.1, O3:3.5). Hubble palette with hue modification.
The Wizard Nebula is an Hα region in the constellation Cepheus high in the northern sky. The rarefied hydrogen gas is being exited by ultraviolet light emitted by hot young blue stars embedded in the cloud. The exited hydrogen atoms re-emits the energy as visible light of a very characteristic red color. Stars are created in the dark, dense regions of the cloud, where the gas collapses under its own weight into discs which then form new star systems. As time passes the stars slowly drift apart and the star cluster dissolves into the general starfield of our galaxy. Our own sun was created in this way about 4.5 billion years ago in a similar gas cloud.
NGC7380 - The Wizard Nebula
I'd eventually like to go deeper with this object, but the weather isn't cooperating...
Imaging scope: AT8RC
Imaging Camera: ST8300M (capture with Equinox Image)
Filters: Baader LRGB in FW5-8300 filter wheel
Guide scope: Orion EON 80ED
Guide camera: Starfish Fishcamp (guided with PHD)
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Calibration in Equinox Image and processing in PixInsight.
LRGB:
Lum: 13x3min
RGB: 5x3min each
By Karl perera
Taken in Cesme, Turkey.
6 hours total in Narrowband with a ZWO Duoband filter.
37 x 300 seconds.
Celestron 130slt OTA
CEM 26 Ioptron mount
Autoguiding
APT, Siril, Photoshop
Image Details:
66x180s Light Frames with Baader H-alpha 7nm Filter
70x10s Flat Frames
50x180s Dark Frames
200x Bias Frames
Wizard Nebula (NGC7380), 09/28/2020
The Wizard Nebula is 7200 light-years away in the Cepheus constellation. This is the first time I’ve shot this target and I definitely need to take much more data. This is also the first time I tried to do duo-band color processing. Pretty.
Equipment:
RASA 8
CGEM-dx mount
ZWO ASI294MC-Pro
ZWO Asiair Pro
Optolong L-eHhance filter
Details:
Location – Belfair Start Park, WA
Bortle Class 4
220 60-second Lights
60 Darks
60 Bias
60 Flats
Astro Pixel Processor
Lightroom
Photoshop
StarNet++
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The Wizar Nebula, 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). It is extremely difficult to observe visually, usually requiring very dark skies and an O-III filter. The NGC 7380 complex is located at a distance of approximately 8.5 kilolight-years from the Sun, in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way.
Taken 6-9-2021, Capture : 1hrs 14 mins - 540sec L L Exstreme - 540sec L OIII - 13D - 50F - 50FD - 100 Bias - stacked in DSS - post in LR & PS.
Equipement : WO Z61 II - Zwo ASI294MC Pro - SWNEQ6-R-Pro - WO slide 200mm guide scope - Zwo Asi 1200 mini guide cam - Zwo filter wheel & focuser.
APT & Stellarium, PH2.
NGC 7380 The Wizard Nebula ~ 7200 Light-years away in Cepheus
Frame FoV ~ 1⁰46’ by 1⁰11’
45 x 90s Lights = 1hr 8min total exposure
15 Darks
20 Flats
24 Bias
Skywatcher Evo100ED + 0.85 reducer/flattener
Skywatcher HEQ5Pro unguided
Nikon D5100 astro-mod DSLR @ISO1600
IDAS D2 Light Pollution Suppression Filter
September 21-22, 2019
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Scope: William Optics 81GTF APO Refractor
Filter: Optolong l-Enhance
Exposure: 3hr 16min (49x240s Lights, calibrated with 200 bias, 25 dark, and 20 flat frames)
Software: PixInsight (pre- and post-processing), Photoshop (for finishing touches)
Your a Nebula, Harry!
NGC 7380, or the wizard nebula is a young open cluster of stars within Cepheus. It is about 7,000 light years away from earth. The cluster is surrounded by nebulous gas, mostly Hydrogen Alpha and Oxygen, giving it the shape of a medieval wizard. The nebula spans one hundred light years in diameter and occpies an area of sky the size of a full moon.
The nebula was originally discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. It is believed that the nebula will dissipate within a few million years, but the stars that were formed there will outlive our sun.
Do you see this nebula like a wizard nebula?
Frames:
10 x 600s Sulfur 2
10 x 600s Hydrogen Alpha
10 x 600s Oxygen 3
Gear:
Apertura 60edr
ZWO ASI183mm pro
HEQ5 Pro w/ belt mod
ZWO EFW mini + ZWO EAF
Processing:
Pixinisght and Affinity Photo
NGC 7380 is an open cluster located about 8,000 light years away in Cepheus. The cluster is surrounded by an emission nebulosity, known as the "Wizard Nebula".
Date: 2021-09-16
Location: Richmond Hill
Scope: Explore Scientific ED80CF
Mount: Celestron AVX
Camera: Zwo ASI533MC Pro (cooled at -10C)
Filter: Optolong L-Extreme dual band
Total exposure time: 45 minutes (15x180)