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NGC 7380 The "Wizard" Nebula

Iren
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NGC 7380 The "Wizard" NebulaNGC 7380
Resolution:
2711x2718 px
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Technical information

Telescope/Lens
Sky-Watcher 150/750PDS
Camera
ZWO ASI533MC Pro
Mount
JUWEI 14
Guide Scope
SVBONY SV106 60mm Guide Scope
Guide Camera
ZWO ASI120MM
Software
DeepSkyStacker, Siril, Pixinsight, Adobe Photoshop
Location
Смоленская область, Алексинский астродомик, Россия

Light pollution

Green, Bortle 4 zone

Date taken

Exposure

  • 37 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 100 · Svbony sv 220 dual band Ha+Olll ·
  • 25 × 300″ · ISO/Gain: 100 · Colour Magic C2 Duo Narrowband Sii +Olll ·

Total exposure: 5 h 10 m

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NGC 7380 Nebula "Wizard"
NGC 7380 Nebula "Wizard"

Sep 27th, 2025

5 h 10 m

I shot Sll+Olll and stacked it in my favorite palette. It really is a magical shot. Everything went wrong from the very beginning of the shoot in August. I had to throw away some of the shots. Then I adjusted the spider in the telescope, and on the stack with the second filter, I realized something was wrong (the diffraction spikes were misaligned)=). Then I stacked the frames incorrectly, everything was misaligned, and I didn't even notice it right away. I had to redo everything. But now everything seems to be in its place. Both the nebula and the stars. This Wizard really frayed my nerves.

NGC 7380 The "Wizard" Nebula
NGC 7380 The "Wizard" Nebula

Aug 14th, 2025

3 h 5 m

Taken with the Moon at 75% visibility. Initially, things just didn't work out with this nebula. And the autofocuser created out-of-focus images, so another 10 frames had to be discarded.

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oeswww
I'm also shooting it now and threw out 10 frames of 5-minute exposures—easy to do. The mount is shaking near the meridian...
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oeswwwReply to Nickolay
I wouldn't say it's only mine in the sense that it doesn't pixelate now. Maybe because I switched to an off-axis guider. But even before that, it wasn't like this problem was always there. And my guide scope migrated either to the finder shoe or on the tube on a 2nd dovetail.
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