Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cepheus (Cep)  ·  Contains:  4 Cep  ·  Iris Nebula  ·  NGC 7023  ·  T Cep  ·  The star 4Cep  ·  VdB139
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Iris Nebula and LBN 468, Steed Yu
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Iris Nebula and LBN 468

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Iris Nebula and LBN 468

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The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus, which is actually a patch of interstellar dust illuminated by a blue star. In the 2-panel-mosaic wide-field image, you can see that this area of the sky is actually filled with interstellar dust, but the other dust is not illuminated by a nearby star like the Iris Nebula.

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