Date: 11/124//2012
Description: NGC 7380 (also known as the Wizard Nebula) is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labelled it H VIII.77. It is also known as 142 in the 1959 Sharpless catalog (Sh2-142). This reasonably largenebula is located in Cepheus [Ref. Wikipedia].
Sky Conditions:
Clear sky, medium - urban light pollution (3/4 moon)
FWHM: 2.5 - 3.5 arc sec/pixel
Imaging:
Exposure: 240 min (H-alpha, 16 x15min) at 2x2 bin using h-alpha filter
Guiding: 10 sec at 2x2 bin using NOAG
Equipment:
SBIG STF8300M CCD (RGB filters)
AT10RC at F8
Starlight Focuser
NOAG w/SBIG ST-i guide camera
AP1200 mount
SW:
Maxim DL V5, FocusMax, Robofocus, AP ASCOM V2, SkyX, Photoshop CS4 (using Astro-Tools deep space noise reduction) - calibration with darks, flats, bias.