NGC7023 the Iris nebula in Cepheus



NGC7023 The Iris Nebula with an ASA N8 20cm f2.75 astrograph and modified Canon 40D

24 x 5 minute exposure at 800 ISO on September 27, 2008 from Beilen. Sky brightness according to the SQM was 20.1 magn./sq. arcsec.
Click in the image for a full size version. Modified Canon 40D, and a 20-cm (8") f/2.75 ASA Astrograph.

NGC7023 The Iris Nebula with an ASA N8 20cm f2.75 astrograph and modified Canon 40D

5 x 5 minute exposure at 800 ISO on July 4, 2008 from Beilen. Sky brightness according to the SQM was 20.3 magn./sq. arcsec.
The skybeamer was not in action this evening. All 5 minute sub-exposures were without autoguiding or PEC on the 10Micron GM2000 mount!
Click in the image for a full size version. Modified Canon 40D, and a 20-cm (8") f/2.75 ASA Astrograph.

NGC7023 the Iris nebuala with an ASA N8 20cm f2.75 astrograph and modified Canon 350D

This image consists of 4 - 5 minute exposures at 800 ISO on October 5, 2007 in Beilen. Due to a meridian flip, I took only 4 images.
Sky brightness on the SQM (Sky Quality Meter) was 20.1
Modified Canon 350D, and a 20cm (8") f/2.75 ASA Astrograph.

NGC7023 the Iris nebula with an ASA N8 20cm f2.75 astrograph and modified Canon 350D

50% crop from the full image

NGC7023 the Iris nebula with an ASA N8 20cm f2.75 astrograph and modified Canon 350D

100% crop from the full image