NGC 7380 in Cepheus, the Wizard Nebula

NGC 7380, the Wizard Nebula in Cepheus.

The wizard's left hand is the dark nebula just left of center and

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

Hover over the picture for an annotated version

Date:  13 and 21 June 2026

FOV:  approximately 90' × 60'

Rotation:  −0.089°

Telescopes:  Stellarvue SVX102T (738mm,

nominally 714mm, f/7) for stars and

Celestron 9.25" EdgeHD 925 SCT (2350mm, f/10

with Starizona HyperStar nominally 514mm, f/2) for narrowband

Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide cameras,

SVBony SV165 Mini 40mm f/4 guide scopes

Computers:  ASIair pro and ASIair plus 256GB

Mounts:  ZWO AM5 (SVX102T) and AM7 (C-925)

Cameras:  ZWO ASI6200MC pro (SVX102T), 1.058 arcsec/pixel,

ZWO 6200MC pro, APS/c ROI (C925), 1.549 arcsec/pixel,

both at −10°C and 100 gain

Pixel Size:  both are 3.76 µm

Filters:  Optolong UV/IR cut (SVX102T) and Optolong L-Para (C-925)

Frames:  8 frames 13 June and 60 frames 21 June (SVX102T)

6 frames 13 June and 55 frames 21 June (C-925)

Stacking:  one hundred and twenty-nine 300 second frames using PixInsight

Total Time:  10 hours 45 minutes

Processing:  Pixinsight

preprocessing → UVIRx68 and LParax61

LPara:  DBE, SPCC, BXT, NXT, StarXT → LinearLPara

MStr, MAS, GHS, HST,

PixelMath MStr + MAS + GHS + HST → LPara

CurvesTransformation, GHS/Lightness → Starless

UVIR:  DBE, SPCC, BXT, NXT, MAS → LinearStars

MultiscaleAdaptiveStretch, Sat → Stars

PixelMath ScreenBlend(Stars, Starless), DynCrop/Scale

Location:  Cherry Springs State Park near Coudersport, PA (13 June)

Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY (21 June)