Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Iris Nebula  ·  NGC 7023
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Iris and Ghost stitched together, Stefan Böckler
Iris and Ghost stitched together
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Iris and Ghost stitched together

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Iris and Ghost stitched together, Stefan Böckler
Iris and Ghost stitched together
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Iris and Ghost stitched together

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With an uncommonly long stretch of clear nights I was able to go for a rather ambitious project. I tried to image the Iris and Ghost nebulae in Cepheus and do a small deep sky panorama by stitching two stacks. The forecast hold true and six consecutive nights allowed imaging. The moon was partly rather bright (50% on average) which isn't ideal for dark nebulae but aggressive gradient extractions took care of most of this. In the end, I am a bit tired but quite happy with my image with the longest integration time to date.

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