Wizard Nebula, NGC 7380

2016-09-29, 2016-10-10 - Revised Feb 2025 / Image Details (Click on image to enlarge)

"The Wizard Nebula is not an easy object to photograph. It needs a lot of capture time and good seeing conditions. We took the images during two sessions on Sept 29 and Oct 10 2016."

The Wizard nebula surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380 which is still embedded in its natal cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Visually, this interplay of stars, gas and dust has created a shape that appears like a fictional medieval sorcerer, hence its name. It is located 7200 light years away.

Technical Details

Location	Zollikerberg, Switzerland
Camera	Nikon DSLR D810A
Telescope	Skywatcher Quattro 8CF 200 DS Fibre OTA Newton Carbon
Special Lense	Skywatcher Newtonian F4 Coma Corrector
Mount	Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro SyncScan GoTo
Autoguiding	Lacerta MGEN2 (Autoguiding, Dithering und Camera Control)
Camera Control	Digicamcontrol (Focus, Camera Control)
Lights	62 x 120s / 57 x 120s (total 119 lights, 3h58'), ISO-1600, additional Biases, Flats, no Darks
Stacking Software	Pixinsight 1.8
Image Processing	Pixinsight 1.8

2016-09-29, 2016-10-10 - Revised Feb 2025 / Image Details (Click on image to enlarge)

2016-09-29, 2016-10-10 / Image Details (Click on image to enlarge)