NGC 7380 in Cepheus, the Wizard Nebula

NGC 7380, the Wizard Nebula in Cepheus.

The wizard's left hand is the dark nebula in the center of the picture

and his head and pointy hat are just above and left of that hand.

Hover over the picture for an annotated version

Date:  9 August 2023 (36 frames) and 16 August 2023 (41 frames)

FOV:  Approximately 110' × 73'; the wizard is 25' high and about 8.5 kly distant

Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 (738mm, f/7)

Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,

Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope

Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi

Mount:  iOptron CEM40

Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS

Pixel size:  4.78 μm

Resolution:  1.336 arcsec/pixel

Filter:  Optolong L-eNhance narrow dual band

Stacking:  Seventy-seven 240 second frames gain 240 using Pixinsight

Calibration frames:  20 dark, 20 flat, 20 dark flat for each session

Total Time:  5 hours 8 minutes

Processing:  Pixinsight – DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT, GHS, Sat, DynamicCrop

Location:  Darling Hill Observatory in Vesper, NY