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When I took this photo on October 8, 2010, after realizing that the subject was off-center, I decided not to work on it. I rediscovered it last night and decided to work on it anyway. Though the subject is off-center, it resides in a massively dense galactic starfield, containing over 18,000 stars detectable in this image. I just thought it was too colorful and interesting to set aside so I decided to go ahead and post it.
NGC 7380 is an open cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1787. Open cluster NGC 7380 is nicely intertwined with a bright diffuse nebula which bears the catalog designation Sh2-142.
Caroline Herschel discovered this cluster in 1787, when her brother William was absent. As usual, William Herschel included his sister's discovery in his catalog, and labeled it H VIII.77.
Naala and her favorite toy. Poor stuffed alligator has seen better days, but she loves it and carries it around.
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The Wizard Nebula (SH2-142), in Cepheus
