Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Iris Nebula  ·  NGC 7023  ·  The star 4Cep
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NGC 7023 Iris nebula wide field, Henrique Silva
NGC 7023 Iris nebula wide field
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NGC 7023 Iris nebula wide field

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NGC 7023 Iris nebula wide field, Henrique Silva
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NGC 7023 Iris nebula wide field

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Description

The Iris Nebula is a blue reflection nebula surrounding a small open star cluste, with dark cloud of dust extends well beyond the glowing regions and obscures more-distant background stars. The Iris Nebula is about 1,300 light-years away from the Earth.

Technical details:

Lens: Samyang 135mm f/2.0

EQ mount: SW EQ6-r guided ASI120MM

Camera: QHY163M

Filters: Baader neodymium | Optolong RGB

Frames: Gain 50 | Offset 25| -10ºC | f/2.8

L,R,G,B : 80:30:30:30 x 60s each channel

Acquisition: Sharpcap; APT

Edition: PixInsight Core; PS

Date: 22/08/2020

Branca-Portugal

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NGC 7023 Iris nebula wide field, Henrique Silva