NGC 7023
NGC 7023 Reflection nebula in Cepheus

NGC 7023 Reflection nebula in Cepheus  NGC 7023 crop 

0bject NGC 7023
Date September 4, 2023
Exposure OSC 180 minutes (3 hours, unbinned)
Camera ASI294MC Pro
Telescope FSQ 106 f/5 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding ASI120MC on Orion 50 mm
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS6, Astronomy Tools, Topaz Denoise and Sharpen
Comments Moderate seeing; acquired with MaximDL from Oro Valley, AZ


NGC 7023 & VdB 141

NGC 7023 crop  NGC 7023 crop  VdB 141 crop  VdB 141 crop

0bject NGC 7023 and VdB 141 Nebulae in Cepheus
Date October 2 - 9, 2017
Exposure LRGB 950:110:110:110 (21.3 hours, unbinned)
Camera STL11000M with AstroDon Gen II filters w/water assisted cooling
Telescope ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3
Guiding Remote guide head with MiniBorg 50 mm
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS6
Comments Good seeing but with nearly full moon; acquired with CCD Commander from Animas, NM


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0bject

NGC 7023 Reflection Nebula in Cepheus (Iris Nebula)
Date 9/30/2005
Exposure LRGB 60:15:15:15 (300sec unbinned)
Camera SXV-H9 w/ Schuler filters
Telescope Takahashi Sky90 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini
Guiding ST-4 80mm AT1010
Processing MaximDL, FITS Liberator, Photoshop CS, Astro Actions
Comments Carrizozo NM; very clear, limiting visual magnitude ~7.0; sky = 21.3 mag/arcsec

0bject NGC 7023 'Iris' Nebula in Cepheus
Date 11/8/2010
Exposure One shot color 20 x 60 seconds
Camera Starlight Xpress H9C
Telescope Celestron C11 w/HyperStar f/1.9
Guiding Unguided
Processing MaximDL, Photoshop CS4, AstroActions
Comments Dean Salman, San Pedro Observatory, Benson AZ; clear and cool