Friday 16 November 2012

The Wizard Nebula, NGC7380

The Wizard nebula . NGC7380 . This star-forming region lies at a distance of about 8,000
light years in the constellation of Cepheus. These images were captured using a ten inch,
f/4.8 reflector with PHD auto guiding. The exposure times were one hour using a H-alpha
filter, one hour using an Olll filter and thirty minutes using each RGB colour filter.
Five minute sub frames with matching dark frames . The images follow:

NGC7380. Taken using RGB filters:



NGC7380 . RGB colour information combined with bi-colour luminance:



NGC7380 . RGB combined with BI colour :



NGC7380. BI colour: