Nebula 035 / 100
Wizard Nebula
NGC7380
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cep
- Right ascension
- 22h 47m 21.1s
- Declination
- +58° 08′
- Apparent magnitude
- 7.2
- Angular size
- 25x20′
- Catalogue
- NGC7380
Located in Cepheus.
The outline on your card
A young cluster still wrapped in the gas and dust that formed it.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.80 : 1
- Central source
- Multiple central stars
- Surface brightness
- Low
- Recorded structure
- Embedded stars · Dark lane · Filaments
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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