
NGC 7380 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. This reasonably large nebula is located in Cepheus.
Imaging telescope or lens:Explore Scientific 127mm ED APO triplet
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI 120MM-S ZWO ASI 120 mm s, ASI 1600 MM – Cooled ASI1600MM-cooled
Mount:Orion Atlas EQ-G
Guiding telescope or lens:Orion ED80T CF APO Triplet Refractor
Guiding camera:ZWO ASI 120MM-S ZWO ASI 120 mm s
Focal reducer:Explore Scientific 0.7 Reducer/Flattener
Software:Sequence Generator Pro, Photoshop CC 2017, PHD 2 Guiding, Stellarium, PixInsight 1.8 Ripley
Filters:Astonomik S2, Astronomik O3 – 12 nm, Astronomik HA
Accessories:ZWO 8x 1.25″ Filter Wheel (EFW), EQ Switch, EQ Focuser
Dates:Oct. 14, 2018
Integration: 25.7 hours
Avg. Moon age: 5.35 days
Avg. Moon phase: 29.01%
Astrometry.net job: 2333454
RA center: 341.875 degrees
DEC center: 58.011 degrees
Pixel scale: 1.141 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.358 degrees
Field radius: 0.718 degrees
Data source: Backyard
I photographed the same image last year and this is how it looks like