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Faiz Ahmad
Maryland, USA

08/03/2022
11:15 pm

Equipment Details:

Sirius EQG, ES 102 FCD, 294MC pro main camera, 224MC guide, ASIair plus, Astromania 60mm Guide scope, CLS filter.

Post-processing Details:

11X600s LF, 2X120s LF stacked in Siril and further enhance in GIMP.

Image Details:

NGC 7023
The Iris Nebula, in the constellation of Cepheus, is a reflection nebula that surrounds open cluster NGC 7023.

The nebula is a complex mixture of reflection, emission and dark nebulosity surrounding a 7.4 magnitude star that illuminates the reflection nebula. The star, HD 200775, is a Herbig Be star that is a pre-main sequence star with a mass between 3 and 15 solar masses. The star is only 5,000 years old.

I am still working on this object to capture more data...