galacticsights
astrophotography
The Wizard nebula surrounds developing open star cluster NGC 7380 which is still embedded in its natal cloud of interstellar gas and dust. Visually, this interplay of stars, gas and dust has created a shape that appears like a fictional medieval sorcerer, hence its name. It is located 7200 light years away.
"The Wizard Nebula is not an easy object to photograph. It needs a lot of capture time and good seeing conditions.
We took the images during two sessions on Sept 29 and Oct 10 2016."
Technical Details
| Location | Zollikerberg, Switzerland |
| Camera | Nikon DSLR D810A |
| Telescope | Skywatcher Quattro 8CF 200 DS Fibre OTA Newton Carbon |
| Special Lense | Skywatcher Newtonian F4 Coma Corrector |
| Mount | Skywatcher AZ-EQ6 Pro SyncScan GoTo |
| Autoguiding | Lacerta MGEN2 (Autoguiding, Dithering und Camera Control) |
| Camera Control | Digicamcontrol (Focus, Camera Control) |
| Lights | 62 x 120s / 57 x 120s (total 119 lights, 3h58'), ISO-1600, additional Biases, Flats, no Darks |
| Stacking Software | Pixinsight 1.8 |
| Image Processing | Pixinsight 1.8 |