Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Iris Nebula  ·  NGC 7023  ·  VdB139
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NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula, Torben van Hees
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NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula

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NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula, Torben van Hees
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NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula

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NGC 7023 is a reflection nebula, the brightest that is accessible from my location. I think this is one of the most beautiful objects, and one I did not know about before I started astrophotography. Still I failed to image this object in my backyard (Bortle 6) even with 3 nights of exposure (approx. 20h). So I travelled to a darker location (Bortle 4), where this image was taken with only 4 hours of exposure. Wish I could travel more often.

This pictures seems a bit on the light side and overly noise-reduced online. This is because it is actually processed for printing - I gave it as a gift to good friends.

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NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula, Torben van Hees

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