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NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula, Daniel Carter
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NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula

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NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula, Daniel Carter
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NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula

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In September 2022, I imaged this target from my Bortle 5 backyard (https://www.astrobin.com/t73id2/E/). I had much less experience with PixInsight and processing in general and I was never happy with how it turned out. Even with over 24 hours worth of integration on my last attempt, the data just didn't look good to me.

While waiting on my main target to rise high enough in the night sky, I decided to spend a few nights shooting the Iris Nebula with my Epsilon from a Bortle 1 dark site. This time around, I only gathered roughly 8 hours of data. However, I was shooting at f/3.3 compared to my last attempt at f/5. Even with less data, I am much happier with how this version turned out. I didn't spend a ton of time getting data since I was killing time for my main target. It is still a big improvement over my attempt from 2022! It is amazing to me how much of a difference shooting from a dark site makes in the quality of data you gather.

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NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula, Daniel Carter

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