The Iris Nebula Widefield (Danny Lee)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cepheus (Cep) · Contains: Iris Nebula · NGC 7023 · The star 4 Cep

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The Iris Nebula Widefield

My first image taken from a location other than home.

I took my gear along to a family trip to the Brecon Beacons in Wales and was lucky enough to have some clear skies.

I considered quite a few things when selecting what to image, given the skies were darker than those at home I wanted to go for something that would benefit from the darker skies. Unfortunately the moon was almost full during my stay so I aimed for something as far away from the moon as possible. My focal length was another consideration, the little Redcat isn't the ideal scope for galaxy season so I had to find something that would suit my equipment. In the end I settled on the Iris Nebula, the dark skies helped me capture a bit more of that dust, it hung around in the northern sky all night away from the bright moon and the area was a good fit at 250mm.

Still found it a little tricky to process, achieving a gradient removal I was happy with took a bit of trial and error and I found colour balancing tricky to begin with.

Had a great time away with the family and was happy to come away with some astro stuff too.

All the best and thanks for looking.

Dark Nebula
William Optics CAT Series
WO Redcat 51 Group
ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
UK Astro-Imaging
The OSC Club (One Shot Camera)

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