Not your usual Iris

Taking a little break from the vdB catalog, I decided to image NGC7023 again. I haven't done it since 2007. I really like this target since it was the target that got me interested in shooting dust.

This time I decided to image NGC7023 for a modest exposure time and stretch the data like crazy to see what dust I missed before. This is what I came up with:

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_0000ca.htm

The data was G2V balanced and care was taken to the histogram during the steps of processing so I think that the slight magenta cast in some of the stellar regions is true. Possibly an reddening effect of the intervening dust?

This is not your usual Iris; I hope you like it.

-Tom

Well, Tom, your 'usual' is someone else's career image.
The coloring in the dust is superb.
Once again, the Dust Buster is the Best Duster out there.
Did the presence of diffraction spikes from the ASA image cause you any difficulties?
My best regards,

dan

Thomas V Davis said:

Taking a little break from the vdB catalog, I decided to image NGC7023 again. I haven't done it since 2007. I really like this target since it was the target that got me interested in shooting dust.

This time I decided to image NGC7023 for a modest exposure time and stretch the data like crazy to see what dust I missed before. This is what I came up with:

http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroimages-1_0000ca.htm

The data was G2V balanced and care was taken to the histogram during the steps of processing so I think that the slight magenta cast in some of the stellar regions is true. Possibly an reddening effect of the intervening dust?

This is not your usual Iris; I hope you like it.

-Tom

Impressive to say the least.