Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Iris Nebula  ·  NGC 7023  ·  The star 11Cep  ·  The star 4Cep  ·  The star 6Cep  ·  The star 7Cep  ·  The star Alfirk (βCep)
NGC 7023 Iris Nebula and LDN1148, Wes Schwarz
NGC 7023 Iris Nebula and LDN1148
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NGC 7023 Iris Nebula and LDN1148

NGC 7023 Iris Nebula and LDN1148, Wes Schwarz
NGC 7023 Iris Nebula and LDN1148
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NGC 7023 Iris Nebula and LDN1148

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Here is my first process of the iris nebula shot last weekend. This is a very wide field and I think the 135mm fov does a good job framing some of the features in this vast complex. This region is loaded with brown golden galactic cirrus, the iris nebula itself is illuminated by a magnitude 7 variable star which helps illuminate the bluish region making it a "reflection nebula".

This image was captured by two tandem mounted cameras. One is a monochrome debayered 60d the other a full spectrum 550d. Both cameras are using a Samyang 135mm F2 wide open at F2.

Skies- Mag 21.6 seeing 4/5 transparency 4/5

550d integration

139 lights 40s iso1600

100 flats

65 darks

large master bias

astronomik uv/ir cut clip filter

60d integration

110 lights 50s iso1600

100 flats

60 darks

large master bias

astronomik cls-ccd clip filter

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NGC 7023 Iris Nebula and LDN1148, Wes Schwarz