Name:The "Wizard" nebula

Constellation:Cepheus

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector with Sky Watcher coma corrector and a modified Nikon D3300.

Exposure time:16 five minute exposures at ISO 800.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

 
 

Magnitude: 7.2

Apparent size: 25'

This object is an open cluster that is surrounded by an emission nebula. The nebula is very difficult to see visually but records well in photographs. The name comes from its appearance being the shape of a wizard's hat.

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