Tony Hallas captured this magnificent image of "The Iris Nebula" (NGC 7023/Caldwell 4) with his SVX180T and SFFX-2 field flattener. Located in the constellation Cepheus and near variable stars T Cephei and Beta Cephei, this reflection nebula is 1,300 lightyears away and six lightyears across.

Image Details: RGB 600 sec X 12, ZWO 6200 mono + Chroma filters.