NGC7380 Wizard

Rancho Del Sol Observatory · Camino, California

NGC7380 Wizard by Ken Crawford

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Image Equipment Details

  • RCOS 20" carbon truss - 100mm FFC
  • Paramount ME
  • Apogee Alta u9000
  • SBIG ST402 Guider
  • Astrodon MegaMoag
  • Astrodon 50mm Sq Filters

Exposure Details

  • Clear/ Lum = 0 minutes
  • Red = 240 minutes
  • Green = 240 minutes
  • Blue = 240 minutes
  • Ha 5nm = 720 minutes
  • OIII 3nm. = 600 minutes
  • SII 5nm = 600 minutes

Software Used

  • MaxDL 5
  • CCDAutopilot 4
  • CCDStack2
  • Photoshop CC & PIxInsight

About this image


NGC7380 is also known as the "Wizard Nebula" and as Sharpless 142 (SH2-142). This large nebula is in Cephus and the gas surrounds open star cluster NGC7380. The nebula is fairly close to us at about 8,000 Light-Years.

Full Size Image

This a two frame mosaic - Click on the image for a full size jpg of NGC7380.

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