NGC7380 - The Wizard Nebula

  
 
 
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ngc7380 Wizard Nebula
 
   
  • RA: 22:47
  • Dec: 58:06
  • Magnitude: 7.2
  • Distance: 72,000 ly
  • Size: 25 arcmin
  • Constellation:  Cepheus
  • Scope:  Orion ED80 at f/7
  • Autoguider:  ST-4 in faint mode
  • Sky conditions:  Transparency and Seeing above average
  • Camera: Griffin Modified Canon XSi @ 800
  • Exposure:  6 x 10 minutes
  • Date:  September 4, 2010
  • Location: Ransom, IL

Comments:  This was a beautiful night for northeastern Illinois. NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. It is also known as 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142).