Object Information:

 

NGC 7380, Sh2-142
Distance -  7,000 light years

 

NGC 7380 is an open star cluster associated with the emission nebula Sh2-142.

For more information on this object see:

http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/ngc/n7380.html

  Imaged at: 

 

Little Blair Valley, San Diego County, CA

  Equipment:  

 

Optics - Takahashi MT-200 at f/4.8
Mount - Astro-Physics 1200 GTO,
Camera - Santa Barbara Instrument Group (SBIG) ST-2000XM CCD,

  Exposure Information:

 

July 25, 2004

 

RRGB Image - Lum - 70 min, R - 70 min., G - 40 min., B - 50 min. 

  Camera Control Software:

 

MaxIm DL 4

  Image Processing Software:

 

Image calibration and registration with Mira 6; RGB combination in MaxIm DL; final processing in Photoshop 8