Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  NGC 7380
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Ngc7380  Wizard nebula, Jens Andersen Dolmer
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Ngc7380 Wizard nebula

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Ngc7380 Wizard nebula

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Open star cluster NGC 7380 is still embedded in its natal cloud of interstellar gas and dust popularly known as the Wizard Nebula. Seen with foreground and background stars along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy it lies some 8,000 light-years distant, toward the constellation Cepheus. A full moon would easily fit inside this telescopic view of the 4 million year young cluster and associated nebula, normally much too faint to be seen by eye.

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Ngc7380  Wizard nebula, Jens Andersen Dolmer