The Iris Nebula (NGC7023)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Iris Nebula is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:10, 57° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 21:09 (EDT), 24° above your northern horizon.
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Name
The Iris Nebula (NGC7023)
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Object type
Nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 21h01m [1] |
| Declination: | +68°10' [1] |
| Constellation: | Cepheus |
| Magnitude: | 6.80 (V) [3] 7.20 (B) [1] |
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