Nebula 086 / 100
Iris Nebula
NGC7023
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Cep
- Right ascension
- 21h 01m 35.5s
- Declination
- +68° 10′
- Apparent magnitude
- 7.2
- Angular size
- 10x8′
- Catalogue
- NGC7023
Located in Cepheus.
The outline on your card
A blue reflection nebula lit by a young star is set within a dark, petal-like dust cloud.
- Outline class
- Patchy
- Axis ratio
- 0.80 : 1
- Central source
- Embedded cluster
- Surface brightness
- Medium
- Recorded structure
- Dark lane · Embedded stars · Filaments · Cavity
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