Object: The IRIS Nebula, NGC 7023 and Caldwell 4
Date: 10/22/09
Location: ASLC dark sky site near Upham, NM
Camera/Telescope: Modified Canon 350XT DSLR on Orion 190mm Mak-Newt reflector @ f/5.3
Mount/Guiding: G11 and DSI/PHD using a TV85 refractor mounted side by side
Exposure:  24x5min @ ISO 800
Processing: Processed in ImagesPlus and Photoshop.
Comments: This beautiful flower-like structure is a rerflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus. Light from a bright young star is reflected off of billowing clouds of dust and gas. Click here for a cropped high resolution image. 

© Dave Dockery 2009