By Steven Bellavia | 2025-10-16
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NGC 7380
On 09/26/2025 05:00 am by Andrew Stone | Cave Creek, AZ, USA
The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) is an active star-forming region in the constellation Cepheus, about 8,000 light-years from Earth, discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. It features an embedded young star cluster, where hot, massive stars are ionizing the surrounding gas and dust, creating a shape resembling a wizard, complete with a pointed hat, long beard, and staff. While not visible to the naked eye, it can be observed with small telescopes, and its faint glow becomes more apparent in longer-exposure images captured by advanced telescopes and through astrophotography
Equipment used:
Telescope – iStar Phantom 140mm reduced to F/4.285
Camera - 294mc Pro with D1 & D2 Askar filters
Mount – AM5 with dither guiding 120mm mini & EAF
exposure images captured by advanced telescopes and through astrophotography.
Editing – Pixinsight drizzled x2
Data – 269 x 120 second subs on each D1 & D2 filters using a Master Dark and Master Flat.
