Friday, October 18, 2013

APOD Iris Nebula

The Iris Nebula, Cataloged as the NGC 7023  Nebula inspires the thought of beautiful flowers from it's incredible pattern. The Nebula is about 1,300 light years away in the star fields of the Cepheus Constellation. The blue color indicates the star's impressive temperatures and it can be presumed that a fair amount of ultraviolet is also being emitted from the celestial object.

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