Observation by Peter Tickner: NGC 7023 - the Iris nebula

Uploaded by

Peter Tickner

Observer

Peter Tickner

Observed

2020 Apr 15 - 01:30

Uploaded

2020 Apr 16 - 17:38

Objects

The Iris Nebula (NGC7023)

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Cepheus

Field centre

RA: 21^h01^m
Dec: +68°09'
Position angle: +5°50'

Field size

0°17' × 0°11'

Equipment

ZWO ASI071 MC Pro CMOS camera
14inch LX200 SCT at f/10
EQ8 mount
OAG with Lodestar X2 Autoguider

Location

Urban Berkshire

Target name

NGC 7023

Title

NGC 7023 - the Iris nebula

About this image

NGC 7023 doesn't rise high enough to be worth viewing until the early hours but after a long session imaging comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS I moved my kit on to this target and took a sequence of 17x300seconds before packing up for the night. Flats and darks have been applied.

Peter

Files associated with this observation

c17x5mx2b max 225g flats darks man align-Edit.jpg (1.9 MB)

Like this image

Ray Emery, David Basey, Jeremy Shears, Mr Michael Alan Frost, Graham Winstanley, Andrew Dumbleton, Andy Wilson, Dawson, Mr John William Hughes, Grant Privett

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.