NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula

Hello all,
Well, after 3 days at the LAAS site, I only have one image! Thursday night was OK, and I got 4.5 hours of Luminance that night. Then Friday it was completely overcast. Saturday started out raining, but eventually it cleared and I mangaged to get the color exposures.
This was tough one to decide what the colors should be. I looked at a lot of photos and none really seemed to agree on the composition of RGB. :S So, I tried to balance the colors and see how it looked and this is what I got. Hope you like it and agree with my color blending.

Link to the full res photo, click on the photo to see the full size.

http://www.astrophotogallery.org/showphoto.php/photo/3815

Here are the specs.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula in Cepheus

RGBL Image

R = 12x10 min
G = 8x10 min
B = 8x10 min
L = 27x10 min

Astrodon Gen 2 Filters
St2000xm
Televue .8 F/R
AT8RC
G-11 Gemini

Attached Image:

Awesome shot, Floyd!
A very beautiful and stunning image.
I'm glad you're efforts were so productive, despite the ungainly weather.

That's a beautiful image, Floyd. One of the best Iris' shots that I have ever seen.

Beautiful shot.

One of those great northern objects I'd like to image.

Greg

Wow! That turned out fabulous, Floyd.
That was the short version of the effort involved, though.
Linton

Excellent image. Worth all the time (and trouble?) spent.

Charlie