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Greetings. This is data from August 2019 that I was never happy with. I gave the processing another try just recently and came up with this. Thanks for looking.

Imaged in Aug 19
VRC-8 RC with CCDT67 reducer at 1252 mm focal length at f/6 atop a CEM60 and Atik 383L+ (-10C)
Captured with SGP
L: 12x600 Bin 2x2
RGB: 12x300 each Bin 2x2
5 hrs total
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Iris LRGB v2 31 May 20 PS_filtered.jpg
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Beautiful job of processing Scott. You really brought out the dust as well as the lovely Iris nebula. A real beauty.

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Congratulations Scott on having your image selected as todays TSS APOD!!

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Hello Scott. A very nice reprocess of your Iris Nebula image. Great dark dust details and reflection nebulosity color in your capture. Thanks for re posting your latest work Scott, and congratulations on winning the TSS APOD Award today.
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Nice job Scott. Looks great. Congrats on winning today's APOD as well.
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Looks great Scott.

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Great image Scott!

From the cool blue color to the misty dustiness. Just great!
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Scott - I just realized you did your processing with only about 5 hrs total exposure. That is incredible! You must have a nice dark site for your work.

Really well done.

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I love all that dustiness, Scott. You have really wrung everything possible out of your data. Nicely done!

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Very Nice Hondo and Congrats on the APOD
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Thanks all and thanks for the APOD. [mention]STEVE333[/mention], I live in a Bortle 4 with an SQM of 20.95. I just wish I had more clear nights and right now Astronomical Darkness is only 3 hours and getting less.
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Awesome!
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Looks amazing! Great work, Scott! Congrats for APOD!
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Beautiful image Scott! One of my favorite targets. Congrats on the APOD!
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Beautiful Scott.
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Great job Hondo... nice work on the colors and processing
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