19.8.10

A wizard in Cepheus

Although there was a bright moon when the next imaging opportunity arrived it was quite low in the sky and didn't seem to affect the subs too badly. Last year I tried NGC 7380 in Cepheus with my apo so this time I used the Newtonian for a larger image scale. Known as "The Wizard Nebula" it has some nicely defined dust lanes. The sky stayed open just long enough to get a good set of exposures before the cloud moved in. Transparency was fairly good. Details: 10" f4.3 Newt. 10x 5 + 10x 7 minute exposures @ iso1600 with CLS in DSS, CS2, Photobrush & XAT.

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