Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Iris Nebula  ·  NGC 7023
Iris Nebula, Astrobagel
Iris Nebula
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Iris Nebula

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This is a pic of the Iris Nebula I took last week. It was 13F/-10C, so a bit nippy, I was wearing all the hats!

Not sure I've done it justice, I found it really hard to tease out the moody dark clouds and colors around this star. It feels gothic to me, reminds me of Dracula.

It amazes me that this little nebula is still 6 light years across, about 6,000 times the distance of the Earth to the sun. Our orbit would be a tiny little spec in that cloud, so even if everybody on Earth dressed up as Dracula at the same time, we'd all feel insignificant. And probably a bit silly.

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Iris Nebula, Astrobagel