NGC 7380 Wizard Nebula

Chris Heapy

Macclesfield, UK

Scope: TeleVue NP127is
Mount: Losmandy G11 + Gemini L.4
CCD: Atik490EX @ 1×1 (1.1 arc-sec/pxl)
Guide: TV Pronto + Lodestar
Software: StarTools, AstroArt 5, PixInsight

NGC7380 is a faint emission nebula located in Cephus, this image is a narrow band composite of Ha, SII, and OIII wavelengths rendered in Hubble Palette. The very faint OIII and SII emission make this target a challenge as a colour image.

2014-07-16T00:00:00