NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschelincluded 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.
Imaging telescopes or lenses: SharpStar 107 Super APO
Imaging cameras: Atik 314L+
Mounts: Sky-Watcher NEQ-6 Goto
Focal reducers: SHARPSTAR 0.8 reducer
Software: Adobe Photoshop Photoshop CS5, Maxim DL, Imagenomic Noiseware professional
Filters: Astronomik Ha 12nm 1.25”, Astronomik O III
Resolution: 1346×976
Dates: Sept. 22, 2014, Nov. 19, 2014
Frames:
Astronomik Ha 12nm 1.25”: 61×203″ bin 1×1
Astronomik O III: 51×220″ bin 1×1
Astronomik Ha 12nm 1.25”: 61×203″ bin 1×1
Astronomik O III: 51×220″ bin 1×1
Integration: 6.6 hours
Avg. Moon age: 26.77 days
Avg. Moon phase: 8.83%
RA center: 341.724 degrees
DEC center: 57.973 degrees
Orientation: 98.542 degrees
Field radius: 0.546 degrees
Locations: Home, AOSTA, Italy
Author: Marco Stra
SPONLI is a project about astrophotography, for amateur astronomers.
Be the first-one to know about the launch of the project – pass an easy registration on our web-site:
https://en.sponli.com/registration/
https://en.sponli.com/registration/