Astrophotography by Keith B. Quattrocchi


NGC 7380:  The Wizard Nebula
Complex Planetary Nebula in Draco
Ha/SII/OIII Image 

Copyright 2022
Keith B Quattrocchi and Bray Falls

Image Acquisition Information  
                    
Telescope: 16" RCOS Richey Chretien Telescope (ion milled at f/9) 
Camera: ZWO Full Frame Back Illuminated CMOS ASI 6200 MM
Guiding: Starlight Xpress AO with UltraStar Autoguiding Camera (AO control using maxim DL software).
Filters: Astrodon LRBG, H-alpha, S-II and OIII Filters
Acquisition Programs: NINA, The SkyX, PHD2, PWI4
Processing Programs: PixInsight, RC Astro, CCDStack, Photoshop CS4
Date: Data processed on August 15, 2022.  Data acquisition: July of 2022                            
Time:  12 hours (10 minute exposures) for each of Ha/SII/OIII for a total of 36 hours.   Starfield LRGB images also taken.               
              
Image Information:  NGC 7380 is a young open star cluster embedded within the surrounding gas and dust of the emission nebula known as the Wizard Nebula. Located in the constellation Cepheus, this active star-forming region lies about 7,000 to 8,500 light-years away in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.
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Processing Information  This Ha/SII/OIII images were obtained using  AstroDon filters.  The narrow band images were batch processed (calibrated, registered, normalized and integrated) in PixInsignt.   Further stretching, high pass filtering and background smoothing was performed with Adobe Photoshop CS/4 and PixInsight.
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