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Iris Nebula - The Beacon in the Ghostly Darkness - **APOD GrAG 2021.11.15**, Andre Vilhena
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Iris Nebula - The Beacon in the Ghostly Darkness - **APOD GrAG 2021.11.15**

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Iris Nebula - The Beacon in the Ghostly Darkness - **APOD GrAG 2021.11.15**, Andre Vilhena
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Iris Nebula - The Beacon in the Ghostly Darkness - **APOD GrAG 2021.11.15**

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Hi,

This well know nebula is my first attempt on a dark nebula and it was shot on July 28th, September 1st and 2nd with a simple luminance filter on a Bortle 4 sky.
Post processing took some time but finally I got what I think it is a fairly reasonable result.

I hope you like and, as always, feel free to leave your comments.

Cheers,
André

Additional note on 2021.11.15: This picture was awarded APOD GrAG on 2021.11.15.

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    Iris Nebula - The Beacon in the Ghostly Darkness - **APOD GrAG 2021.11.15**, Andre Vilhena
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Iris Nebula - The Beacon in the Ghostly Darkness - **APOD GrAG 2021.11.15**, Andre Vilhena

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