NGC 7023 - Iris Nebula in Cepheus

Dear friends ... and Carl,

I sat down to pursue an old flame, the Iris Nebula in Cepheus. It is a rather difficult target since one bright star is responsible for the (reflection) nebulosity in the immediate vicinity and which makes the processing interesting. To complicate matters, the area is generally devoid of stars which also makes guiding an entertaining exercise as well.

Anyway, I hope you like the effort from last night taken under both variable seeing and transparency: www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-7023.htm .

As always I both admire and loathe your images! I admire them as it just shows what a pro can do without the Hubble space telescope. Your stars are always astonishing, and I have yet to see an image of yours out of focus! I loathe them as they set such an unreachably high standard! Well done!

Dear friends ... and Carl,

YES! Promotion for Seanie a last!

Dear Anthony

Well young man what can I say that is a very good image the colors are stunning. your images inspire me so much that I hope GREECE go on and win the world cup soon. Long live GREECE

PS,

Beat that one Seanie. Now were is that mop for Seanie :lol: :lol:

Another wee beauty Mr Ayiomamitis they just keep coming great work.

That's a cracker of a shot Anthony - excellent work indeed!

Clear skies,

Paul.