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A meteor streaks past the Iris Nebula.
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Telescope:   Svbony sv503 70ED
Length:   336mm
Aperture:   70mm
F-stop:   f/4.56
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2023-04-15 to 2023-04-15
Lights:   1
Exposure:   300
Total exposure:   5 m
Ra:   21h 0m 47.8s
Dec:   +67° 54' 9.18
Size:   136.467 x 98.055 arcmin
Radius:   1.4 deg
Scale:   1.43 arcsec/pixel

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The Iris Nebula is a beautiful reflection nebula lit from behind by a bright star. Although the beautiful blue core is easily visible even with regular camera lenses, it takes dark skies and long exposures to bring out the subtle ripples of dust that appear to expand from the center.
Another redo of an older data set using new techniques to reveal the structure of this dusty nebula.
This inky nebula is a reflection nebula that is illuminated by a central star and glows blue.

Objects in frame:

NGC7023 Iris Nebula
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