Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  Iris Nebula  ·  NGC 7023
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The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023), Dark Rift Astro
The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)
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The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)

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The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023), Dark Rift Astro
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The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)

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NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula is the first reflection nebula I have attempted to image. You can see the central part of the nebula is illuminated by star SAO 19158 but the dust extends out in nearly all directions, including the top of the image and the bottom right.

I captured over 11.5 hours of images and integrated 9 hours and 16 minutes of images.

I really like the blue of the reflection nebula, even if over saturated. The dark dust clouds were difficult to capture because they are nearly as dark as the background of space, easily drown in light pollution.

I did most of the processing with DSS, Star Tools, and Affinity Photo. I used Astro Pixel Processor to help remove some light pollution / gradient artifacts after the image was stretched and color corrected.

I am really happy with how this image turned out.

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The Iris Nebula (NGC 7023), Dark Rift Astro