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moonshinegnomie

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Mon Jun 30, 2025, 02:21 PM Jun 2025

the Iris Nebula [View all]

known as NGC 7023 the nebula is blue becasue it'ss a reflection nebula. light from a star is being scattered by dust particle in teh same manner as scattering makes the sky blue. the wideer shot shows a lot of the dust besides the nebula

this is a total of 7 hours of exposure time (84 300 second exposures) from my backyard




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the Iris Nebula [View all] moonshinegnomie Jun 2025 OP
Just wow! How fantastic to see this and thanks for sharing. It's mesmerizing Deuxcents Jun 2025 #1
Nice capture of the Central Star in the Nebula. Tarzanrock Jun 2025 #2
Beautiful! ShazzieB Jun 2025 #3
That is amazing wendyb-NC Jun 2025 #4
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