Well, how there are treasures to be discovered in what seemingly might have been a dreary open cluster! My 4" TV-102 Light Cup stumbled upon NGC 7380, an open cluster with a nebula in it under the sky LM of 5.6.
Here you'll find an "arrowhead" shape starting at the yellowish variable star DH Cephi (also SAO 34810), with the arrowhead tip at the star GSC 3996:1632 and ended at star GSC 3992:69. The wonderous revelation was that at 176x, it gave a 3D appearance with the grainy texture, like a surface of a granite arrowhead. At first I thought
it was unresolved stars 'cause I didn't know about the nebula. After the research, I did see what I think was the nebula in and around the area at 73x! I was too dumb to try the UHC/O-III filters on it :-(. See this great photo I found on the web.
http://www.feraphotography.com/NGC7380.html
Henceforth, my TV-102 Light Cup has christened NGC 7380 as the "Arrowhead Cluster".
Does any know if this nebula is a reflection or emission nebula? Why not take a peek and tell us what you think.
Thanks,
Ron B[ee]
Here you'll find an "arrowhead" shape starting at the yellowish variable star DH Cephi (also SAO 34810), with the arrowhead tip at the star GSC 3996:1632 and ended at star GSC 3992:69. The wonderous revelation was that at 176x, it gave a 3D appearance with the grainy texture, like a surface of a granite arrowhead. At first I thought
it was unresolved stars 'cause I didn't know about the nebula. After the research, I did see what I think was the nebula in and around the area at 73x! I was too dumb to try the UHC/O-III filters on it :-(. See this great photo I found on the web.
http://www.feraphotography.com/NGC7380.html
Henceforth, my TV-102 Light Cup has christened NGC 7380 as the "Arrowhead Cluster".
Does any know if this nebula is a reflection or emission nebula? Why not take a peek and tell us what you think.
Thanks,
Ron B[ee]
