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🌌 The Iris Nebula & LDN 1157 – A Cosmic Tapestry ✨🌿

 

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This image captures NGC 7023, the Iris Nebula, alongside the dark nebula LDN 1157, a complex region of interstellar dust and gas that shapes the celestial landscape.

 

💡 What makes it special?

🔹 NGC 7023 is a reflection nebula, glowing in soft blue as its dust scatters the light of the young, hot star HD 200775 (Mag. 7.4).

🔹 LDN 1157 is a dark nebula, a dense molecular cloud that absorbs background starlight, appearing as an intricate network of shadowy filaments.

🔹 LDN 1157 is an active star-forming region, hosting young stellar objects and protostars embedded deep within its dust.

 

📌 Constellation: Cepheus ✨

📏 Distance: ~1,300 light-years

📍 Coordinates: RA 21h 01m 36s, Dec +68° 10′ 10″

 

A stunning interplay of light and darkness, where new stars are born within the cosmic void. What do you see in this stellar nursery? 🌌🔭

 

Lights: 16x300" Red, 16x300" Green, 16x300" Blu

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

Camera: QHY 600M

 

Lights: 27x300" Red, 27x300" Green, 27x300" Blu

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106ED

Camera: FLI PL16083

 

Combined & Processed: Pixinsight

 

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