Widefield Iris Nebula NGC7023 (Des McMorrow)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: 4 Cep · AC Dra · HD195503 · HD195527 · HD198385 · HD198737 · HD200099 · HD200775 · HD202142 · HD202181 · Iris Nebula · LBN 468 · LBN 475 · LBN 483 · LBN 487 · LBN 495 · LDN 1147 · LDN 1148 · LDN 1152 · LDN 1155 · LDN 1157 · LDN 1158 · LDN 1167 · LDN 1168 · LDN 1170 · LDN 1171 · LDN 1172 · LDN 1173 · LDN 1174 · LDN 1177 · And 7 more.

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Widefield Iris Nebula NGC7023

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Widefield Iris Nebula NGC7023

Widefield Iris Nebula NGC7023

Imaged from the glorious dark skies of the Charante, Western France while on holiday in July 2023.

ZWO AM5 mount
ZWO ASi2600MC Pro
William Optics Redcat 51
ZWO ASI290MM guide cam
ASIAIR Pro
101 x 180s

Processed in Pixinsight. Image was 2 x drizzled to improve detail, most especially of the Iris nebula.

Note: Included in the image is the barred spiral galaxy NGC6951 the (bottom, right of centre) some 75 million light years from Earth.
The Ghost Nebula can also be seen sneaking into the image in the upper left corner.
It's remarkable to me how much detail can be captured with a 51mm aperture refractor and a modern CMOS camera.

Yorkshire Astro Imaging
ZWO ASIAIR PRO USERS
WO Redcat 51 Group
UK Astro-Imaging

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Astrometry.net job	8223807
PixInsight job	M90VI5H4WS1JAE2O2DJ6X6JEL49R2PRO
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	20h49m29s.100
RA (top/left)	21h20m12s.86
RA (top/right)	20h19m37s.90
RA (bottom/right)	20h22m53s.21
RA (bottom/left)	21h15m03s.26

Dec (center)	+67°33′55″.5
Dec (top/left)	+69°06′22″.0
Dec (top/right)	+69°15′34″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+65°42′24″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+65°34′34″.10

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