NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image. Unlike most nebulae that glow from ionized gas, the Iris is a reflection nebula that shines by scattering light from a nearby star.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - unprocessed image. It hides a massive, hot star inside its "petals" that is only one million years old—practically a newborn in cosmic terms.

Last image of the morning for the Dwarf Mini. Decided wanted to see if I could image #NGC 7023 #TheIrisNebula. Didn’t pay attention that would start pretty low in the horizon. What you see at the left of the image is the property line fence with some redwood […]

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NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image by the Odyssey Pro. Unlike many red nebulae, the Iris is a reflection nebula. It glows a brilliant blue because fine dust particles scatter the light from a nearby massive star.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image by the Dwarf Mini. The "petals" of the Iris span about six light-years across. These intricate folds are actually vast clouds of gas and dust being sculpted by intense stellar winds.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image by the s50. Scientists have found polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) here—complex, carbon-based molecules that are essentially the "soot" of the universe.

Last image of the morning from all 3 telescopes - #NGC7023 #TheIrisNebula. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur #seestar #S50 #dwarflabs #dwarfmini

C4 / NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image with Moon and Sky Light filter. Located 1,300 light-years away, this reflection nebula's blue "petals" span 6 light-years and are lit by a massive young star.

C4 / NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - unprocessed image with Moon and Sky Light filter. While mostly blue from scattered starlight, it contains red filaments caused by complex carbon molecules called PAHs.

Last image for the night from the s50. Here is #C4 / #NGC7023 #TheIrisNebula. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image. Most of the time the auto enhance feature on the telescope does make the images nicer. I can’t state the same on this image.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - unprocessed image. The image does not seem too bad compared to others I have done earlier this year.

After I took the image of the moon this morning, thought it would be interesting to aim the Odyssey Pro to #NGC7023 #TheIrisNebula as well. Perhaps it was the full moon out or the Nebula was already to low in the horizon. After 49 minutes these are the images […]

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NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - s50 telescope processed image. Compared to last morning’s image, there seems to be more details with the nebula clouds. Background is not as dark though.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - s50 unprocessed image. Even without the denoising, more star details seem to come through.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image from the Odyssey Pro from April 2025. 24 minute duration.

So I answered my question from yesterday of what a whole night observation of #NGC7023 #TheIrisNebula with th s50 would look like. From 7:30 PM to 4:30 AM. 1221 stacked 20 second exposure images. The last image shared is an observation of the Iris Nebula from […]

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NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image. NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, is a beautiful blue reflection nebula in Cepheus, about 1,300 light-years away. Its dust reflects light from a central star.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - unprocessed image. This beautiful reflection nebula glows blue as dust reflects the light of its central star. Its "petals" of cosmic dust make it resemble an iris flower.

Good Monday morning. Left the s50 outside yesterday performing 3 observations. First of these observations is #NGC7023 #TheIrisNebula - yes again. This time the stack duration is 843 images. Still make me wonder what would show if I left it out all night […]

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NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - telescope processed image. The Iris Nebula is a reflection nebula in Cepheus, shining blue from a central star's light scattering off dust. It's approximately 1,300 light-years away and spans approximately 6 light-years.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula - unprocessed image. The Iris Nebula's blue glow comes from tiny dust grains scattering light from its central star, similar to how Earth's atmosphere makes our sky blue.

The last of yesterday’s planned observation with the s50 was another attempt at #NGC7023 #TheIrisNebula. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur