Image-field position and adopted distance
Wizard Nebula image-field center is placed at J2000 RA 22.8 h, Dec 58.2° in Cepheus, at an adopted distance of 8,000 light-years.
Also known as NGC 7380, Sh2-142.
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Wizard Nebula image-field center is placed at J2000 RA 22.8 h, Dec 58.2° in Cepheus, at an adopted distance of 8,000 light-years.
Wizard Nebula (star-forming emission nebula; central source Wizard Nebula, embedded stellar population): projected footprint at the adopted distance 88.6 × 84.2 light-years; outer radius used for arrival 44.3 light-years.
This is an emission-line composite of the NGC 7380 cluster and surrounding nebula; the published colors encode selected filters. Projected structure follows the credited observation at its published angular scale and an approximate adopted distance. Shallow depth is illustrative, not measured tomography. The source palette is preserved; brightness is adjusted for the navigable view.