Wizard Nebula
Nov 6, 2021
Wizard Nebula
| Other names | NGC 7380, SH 2-142 |
| Type | Emissions Nebula |
| Distance | 8,500 ly |
| Size | 20 ly |
| Location | Cepheus |
| Captured | Nov 6, 2021 |
| Capture type | Narrowband (SHO) |
| Total time | 3 hours |
| Frames | SHO 12x300' each |
| Telescope | Orion 6" Newt F/3.8 Astrograph |
| Camera | ZWO ASI294mm |
| Tripod | Orion Atlas EQ-G |
Wizard Nebula
This is the Wizard Nebula, or NGC 7380. This is a narrowband image constructed in a modified Hubble palette.
The wizard nebula is a nebula surrounding an open cluster that’s brimming with new stars. It’s somewhere between 7,000 and 8,000 light-years away and around 20 light-years across.
Look closely and remember! Because in about a million years this nebula will have dissipated!
Another cool thing about this nebula is that it was discovered by a female pioneer, Caroline Herschel, a German scientist. She’s the first female in record that received a salary as a scientist, she was the first woman in England to hold a non-heraldic government position, and the first woman to publish with the Royal Society.