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NGC 7023 Iris Nebula, psparkman
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NGC 7023 Iris Nebula

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NGC 7023 Iris Nebula

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I wanted to see how much dust that I could capture around the Iris Nebula in my Bortle 6 suburban back yard using my wide field setup.  We have had a string of good imaging nights during the new moon period, so I was able to capture about 14 hours of integration time.  I am pleased with the amount of dust that is shown in the image.  Dark skies are always better, but given some time, decent results are possible near the city.  I used a few different exposure times to to experiment, but most of the images were 300 seconds unguided using an APCC Dec-Arc model.

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NGC 7023 Iris Nebula, psparkman