NGC 7380


NGC 7380 is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included 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). Known as the Wizard Nebula, this object is a reasonably large nebula located in the constellation Cepheus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7380 ABOUT THE IMAGE DATE/TIME: Taken on the evening of August 22nd 2012. CAMERA: Canon XSI, 450D modified TELESCOPE: Celestron C9.25" SCT @ F/6.3 ISO SETTING: 800 EXPOSURES: 38 EXPOSURE LENGTH: 400sec. TOTAL EXPOSURE LENGTH: 4hrs, 13min., 20sec. SUBTRACTIONS: 17 dark frames and 10 bias frames. CAPTURE: MaximDL STACKING/PRE-PROCESSING: Deep Sky Stacker PROCESSING: Photoshop CS3

NGC 7380 is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included 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).

Known as the Wizard Nebula, this object is a reasonably large nebula located in the constellation Cepheus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7380

ABOUT THE IMAGE

DATE/TIME: Taken on the evening of August 22nd 2012.

CAMERA: Canon XSI, 450D modified

TELESCOPE: Celestron C9.25" SCT @ F/6.3

ISO SETTING: 800

EXPOSURES: 38

EXPOSURE LENGTH: 400sec.

TOTAL EXPOSURE LENGTH: 4hrs, 13min., 20sec.

SUBTRACTIONS: 17 dark frames and 10 bias frames.

CAPTURE: MaximDL

STACKING/PRE-PROCESSING: Deep Sky Stacker

PROCESSING: Photoshop CS3