Herschel 29

Date: 6 August 2022

Altitude: 56 - 60 degrees

Angular Size: 01° 00' x 0° 45'

Position Angle: 1° 11' from north through east

Orientation: North up; East left

Pixel scale: 1.30" per pixel

Total exposure time: 60 minutes

B filter: 32 x 45 seconds

V filter: 32 x 37 seconds

R filter: 32 x 30 seconds

Herschel 29 is also known as NGC 7380. The emission nebula is Sharpless 142, also

known as the “Wizard Nebula”.

Open cluster: classification III3pn

Constellation: Cepheus

Diameter: 42 light years

Age: 11 million years

Distance: 7,200 light years

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