| NGC7023 - The Iris Nebula LAAstro.com by Bill Patterson |
| Date Taken: September 3, 2005 Location: Anza, CA Equipment: Takahashi FS152 telescope & SBIG STL11000 - Luminance Takahashi FSQ106 & SBIG STL4020 - Color Notes: This is my first tandem imaging project. Both scope/camera combinations were imaging simultaneously and data was combined in RegiStar. The seperate imaging systems were precisely aligned using a prototype alignment device from Robin Casady (http://www.robincasady.com/Astro/). LRGB = 180/40/40/40 - 5 hours of data acquired in 3 hours |
| NGC7023 in Cephus Magnitude - 7.0 Size - 18' Description: 7th magnitude star in extremely large, faint nebulosity |
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