#Iris nebula

[thefirststarr]

These cosmic clouds can be found 1,300 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus and is called the Iris Nebula (NGC 7023). This deep telescopic image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries embedded in surrounding fields of interstellar dust. Within the Iris itself, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the reflection nebula is blue, which is because of dust grains reflecting starlight. Central filaments of the reflection nebula glow with a faint reddish photoluminescence as some dust grains convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light. Infrared observations indicate that this nebula contains complex carbon molecules known as PAHs. People tend to say that this nebula reminds them of a flower, so it’s dusty blue ‘petals’ span about six light-years.

Image Credit & Copyright: Lorand Fenyes

[lowresme]

Iris Nebula, NGC7023. Pixel Art.

[the-maddest-robot]

Photo of the Iris nebula / Caldwell 4 / NGC 7023, I'm very pleased with this one since I finally managed to capture the surrounding dust (barely visible in the 2 previous attempts). This is a reflection nebula, this means that it's a dust cloud reflecting the light from a nearby star. Being one of the brightest reflection nebula visible in the northern hemisphere it's visible in relatively small telescopes (4-6 inch / 100-150mm diameter), unfortunately the outer dust clouds can only be seen on photos. Reflection nebula generally tend to be blue due to a more efficient scattering of blue light compared to red by the dust particles (M45 in my previous post is another good example).

[sitting-on-me-bum]

M20 - The Trifid Nebula

Photographer David Joyce - Space From My Backyard: Pictures I Took With A Telescope

Sh2-173 - Phantom Of The Opera Nebula

Ngc 7023 - The Iris Nebula

Ngc1952 - The Crab Nebula

M17 - The Omega Nebula Aka The Swan Nebula

[rickyburrinho]

space syndrome flowers

[getblackout503]

Chapter 21! So this is a shorter chapter because it is setting up for three longer chapters and im pretty sure this chapter is marking our arrival to the end of this fic

I hope you guys enjoy

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The wound still hurt but Gauche decided to power through because now Yami called Vanessa, Henry, And him, alongside Nero, Gordon, Magna, Luck, Finral, Charmy, hell even Nacht showed up, and he never showed up for anything before. They were all worried sick about Grey and they all wanted to save her as much as he did. And this was their chance, thirteen hours that’s how long it’s been since they lost her, but no longer they were planning on attacking the Zogratis head on and save their beloved. But it will be hard, they knew that. Yet they didn’t care.

“Alright listen up, I know how everyone feels right now.” Yami sighed. “But that doesn’t mean we’ll just roll over” he told them as he started raising his voice. “Will we just let them have Grey?”

No

“Are we just going to stay put?”

No

“Are we just going to leave her behind?”

“No!” Gauche yelled out.

“Exactly, We are a family and if one of us is in trouble we help them.” Yami told them all. “God knows if we’ll actually succeed, but I know we are all willing to die trying then just walking away.”

The room got tense.

“So, if you decide not to go we’ll understand, I don’t want to force any of you to risk your life.” Yami reassured them, wanting to give them a choice. “So if you don’t want to go just say, but if you’re with us please stand.”

Gauche was the first to stand.

Quickly followed by Vanessa.

Then Gordon.

Then Nero.

Then Finral.

Luck.

Magna.

Henry.

Charmy.

Even Nacht.

Yami Smiled, he knew they had made up their minds once they heard the news.

“Good, now listen up.” He took a drag of his cigarette. “Here’s the plan.”

They listened as Yami explained the plan to them. It was simple: Yami, the Black bulls, and the other Bosses would be the diversion stealing the Zogratis’ attention that way Gauche could sneak in and rescue Grey. Again Simple on paper but they all knew it would be no cake walk, The Zogratis had the fire power, the men, and the resources. So Gauche had to be quick and get to her before they crumbled, but they also had to be careful due to Vanica being the main commander of the Zogratis army, and they knew what a wild card she was. So for that they decided to assign different people to each Zogratis sibling. Vanessa volunteered Finral, and herself to fight Vanica (much to Finral’s dismay) And Iris barged in saying she volunteered too, Yami said that he and the other bosses will handle Zenon. And as for Dante, Gauche said he would handle him.

“Gauche, you know if you face him he won’t let you live this time around.?” Yami asked Gauche.

“I know, but I also don’t plan on letting him live.”

Yami looked Gauche in the eyes, and he saw a man, a man in love, wanting, yearning to save his beloved. Yami gave Gauche a nod knowing he was determined, and they need that determination.

“Okay, then operation: Save the cinderella, is a go.”

Everyone was ready.

Everyone wanted to save her.

They wanted to save Grey.

[universalthings]

StARS Presentation

On Wednesday, April 24th, I presented at the Student Arts and Research Symphosium, or StARS for short, alongside my classmate, Cameron Williams. At the event, we presented our pictures of the Crab Nebula, comparing our edits against one another's. Alongside our Crab Nebula, we had pictures of the Flame Nebula, and Saturn, which I had edited, as well as Cameron's image of the Iris Nebula. Throughout our time presenting, we had multiple people approach our poster, asking questions about how we edited our images, as well as why we chose to colorize the images that we did. We received numerous questions regarding our class, as well as how long we worked on each image. We explained to people how long the images took to create and dove into the details of the steps we took, highlighting our use of the curves tool, and the levels tool. Cameron and I also explained how we aligned the several layers of each image, as well as explained the difference between each layer to the people who approached our poster. We touched on the three screen layers, and how each were either green, red, or blue, as well as the top layer, or the luminance layer. Presenting at StARS was a fun experience, allowing us to showcase our newly learned knowledge in image editing. It also allowed for us to see the differences in each other's posters, as well as other posters from presenters outside of our class. The presentation was a good and fun experience and allowed me to really discover how much I learned over the course of the semester.

[kestarren]

NGC 7023 Iris Nebula close-up, photo by Lorand Fenyes, August 2023. Also in APOD 2 Sept '23.

[silvereyedowl]

[source]

NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula

Credits: Jimmy Walker

[astro-clicks]

Iris Nebula

This was a very quick assignment due to the time crunch but the Iris Nebula was the second set of images that I had edited. Unfortunately, I cannot attach the photo due to having a Chromebook and the GIMP software does not allow that. For this assignment I simply did what I did to the Crab Nebula. To begin, I exported the images into GIMP. Then I would go onto the "colors" tab and hit the "curves" tool. It was pretty simple, I just moved the bar from the graph up a bit and it began to lighten my image. I then did that step a few more times until I felt like the image looked brighter but not too much brighter. I also went on the "colors" tab and clicked on "levels." I then moved the histogram up a bit to help with the pixelation. I felt like my picture was not changing too much but it still turned out much better than what I had started with. I was not too happy with my image (just like my Crab Nebula image) just because I truly did not see a dramatic change. But it definitely did still turn out well.

Link to my image: https://studentbridgew-my.sharepoint.com/personal/observatory_bridgew_edu/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fobservatory%5Fbridgew%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FPermanent%2F2017%2F11202017%2FIris%20Nebula%2FIrisNebula%5F11202017%5FColor%2Excf&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fobservatory%5Fbridgew%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FPermanent%2F2017%2F11202017%2FIris%20Nebula&ct=1715312828151&or=OWA%2DNT%2DMail&cid=ec0b0975%2Df301%2D5b6c%2D06a8%2D000628e075af&ga=1&LOF=1

[quiltofstars]

The Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 // Karl-Heinz Macek

[thefirststarr]

SPACEMAS DAY 5 ✨🪐🌎☄️☀️🌕

Time to pull out one of my favourites! These stunning cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Known as the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, this deep telescopic image shows off the nebula’s range of colors and symmetries embedded in surrounding fields of interstellar dust. Within the Iris itself, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. The central filaments of the reflection nebula glow with a faint reddish photoluminescence as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light.

Image Credit: Lorand Fenyes

[calorionsstarchive]

Iris Nebula (NGC 7023)

[the-wolf-and-moon]

NGC 7023, The Iris

[getblackout503]

Chapter 12! Woah can’t believe it. This is one of the chapters I finished early and I thought about it yesterday and decided to release it a day early!

Enjoy the chapter

Edit: forgot to mention Iris nebula is my oc

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His day had been a long one. He went on a solo mission at a nearby casino, in hopes of being able to gather intel on the human trafficking business that seemed to go unnoticed by local law enforcement. But it had been a bust as it seemed no one was willing to talk, all he was able to gather was a name ‘Zogratis’ whatever the hell that meant, and Yami was ready to give up and go home. That was until he heard crying coming from an alleyway, now it could be one of two things, a shady piece of shit trying to mug him or a person in need of help. Either way he was willing to take that risk as his boss Julius always taught him to help people who can’t help themselves. He walked into the alley and looked around trying to find the source of the crying and that’s when his eyes landed on a blue haired girl, she looked no older than 21, she looked tired, malnourished, and beaten with some scratch marks adoring her face. At that very moment Yami knew what he was looking at.

An escapee.

Probably from an abuse relationship, or a human trafficking scheme, or both. But he had bigger things to worry about, he needed to get this girl somewhere safe.

“Hey kid, you good?” He asked, and obviously she wasn’t, but it is always better to ask.

The girl jumped from the voice and when her gaze landed on Yami, she immediately started crawling back against the wall shielding herself from the man, as if afraid he would strike her.

“P-Please d-don’t hurt me” The girl pleaded, the way she was acting did answer Yami’s question about her being in an abusive relationship.

“Hey kid, relax I ain’t gonna hurt you,” Yami told her, and to show he meant no harm, he got down to her level kneeling down. “I just want to know if you’re okay, you look like shit”

The girl continued to stare at him for another couple of minutes, her breathing was erratic but soon she did calm down enough to answer his question.

“N-No I’m not okay,” She started tearing up again. “I’m terrified, d-don’t let him find me”

Who‘him’ was for the moment wasn’t important, but making sure she was safe was. He looked down for a moment before deciding the next best step.

“Alright,” He got up, before looking back down at her. “I’m going to take you somewhere safe, can you get up?” He asked, the girl simply responded with a shake of her head signaling no. “Okay, take my hand I’ll protect you” He offered his hand, yet the girl was hesitant. She remembered the last time she took someone’s hand and now she wondered if she could trust someone ever again.

“Hey kid, I don’t know what he did to you. But I swear I won’t ever do that to you,” He told her sincerely. “I’ll treat you like a human”

The girl continued to stare at his hand contemplating taking it. Should she take another chance? Should she risk it again? She wasn’t sure, but the longer she looked into the man’s eyes the more she could tell he was being honest. His eyes were sincere with not a hint of malice behind them. The blue-haired girl took a deep breath before taking Yami's hand. Lifting her up they started walking.

“Hey kid,” Yami started. “What’s your name?” He asked since he hadn’t asked.

“M-My name?”

“Yeah,” He said, before realizing something. “My name is Yami Sukehiro, but all my friend’s call me Yami. it being my last name” He told her.

The girl looked down at her feet as she walked.

“He had given me a name” The girl hesitated more, but did she even want the name anymore? After everything that has happened.

“You don’t have to use that name anymore if you don’t want to anymore” Yami told her, and as she thought of it more she decided something.

“M-My name is Grey” She told the man.

“Grey?”

“Y-Yes, it’s part of my last name”

“Is that so, well Grey I guess we both go by our last names then” Yami said in a chuckle.

As the man chuckled a bit Grey could feel herself smile as well, this man, her true savior, made her feel safe. He had this aura around him, one that made her feel as if she had a guardian angel. As they continued to walk Yami pulled out his phone to call a cab, and once it came Yami helped Grey get inside.

“Oh great, it’s you,” Yami said to the driver in a sarcastic tone. “Out of all the driver’s Char had to send you”

“Come one I’m the best, and fastest driver here” Said the driver, who was none other than Iris Nebula, Charlotte's second apprentice and a getaway driver. The eighteen year old girl was a good getaway driver, yes. But only because of one thing. She liked to go fast.

“Alright Grey, you’re gonna want to buckle up,” Yami told Grey, as he himself started buckling up. “This one is a lunatic on the road”

“I-It’s can be that bad, right?” Grey asked, as she put her seatbelt on.

“Hold on tight bitches!” Iris put the pedal to the metal. As Nebula drove like a madman Grey was trying her best to not freak out, all the while Yami was yelling profanities at the driver.

Soon they arrived at what seemed to be a mansion of sorts.

“Alright, we’ve arrived at our destination” Iris said, getting out of the car followed by a pissed off Yami and a mortified Grey.

Once they entered the building Grey immediately noticed all the ‘interesting’ characters. A man with long hair who was very slim, almost as if he was malnourished. A woman with purple hair who seemed to be asleep at the moment, yet she was sitting up perfectly. And a beautiful woman with blond hair and a stoic face.

“Lady Charlotte!” Iris said as she saluted the blond woman.

“Iris, I told you not to salute me,” Charlotte said as she walked towards Yami and Grey. “Yami, it seems you got something or rather someone instead of the target” She said, all the while Grey could have sworn she saw the blonde woman blushing slightly.

“Well the mission was a bust,” Yami responded as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it. “But I was able to save her,” He told Charlotte. “I believe she could use some medical attention”

Charlotte looked at the blue haired girl and agreed, she was in terrible shape and needed much medical attention.

“I’ll take her to Owen,” Char assured Yami “but you should report to Julius, he’ll want to know about her”

“I know,” Yami then nudged Grey gently towards Charlotte. “Don’t worry prickly princess may look mean but she’s a sweetheart” that comment made char blush immensely.

“A-Alright let’s go” Charlotte almost yelled in a flushed manner, and though Grey was a bit hesitant the woman looked nice and seemed to mean no harm, so she trusted her and went to get cleaned up. Meanwhile Yami made his way to julius’ office.

“Julius?” Yami asked from outside the door.

“Come on in Yami” Julius responded from the other side. Once Yami had entered the room he saw Julius sitting at his desk.

“Mission was a bust”

“Is that so Yami?” Julius asked, he never seemed ashamed or mad at Yami or any of the agents when they couldn't successfully complete a mission. For he knows the stress they can induce, so he never holds anything against them. “Well did you at least get anything positive out of it, like some free drinks?” He joked, getting a chuckle out of Yami.

“Well I did save someone,” Yami told his boss, exhaling some smoke.

“Did you now?” Julius was now interested.

“This girl Char is currently tending to, she is by the looks of it, twenty one years old,” He took another drag from his cigarette. “I believe she escaped an abusive relationship, she has some bruises, malnourished, she looks like-”

“Hell?”

“Yes, it reminded me of…how my dad would treat me and my sister” Yami told Julius, he tried not to think back to the days before he stood up to his father. “I guess I looked at her and-”

“Saw yourself” Julius finished his sentence for him.

“Yeah, and I guess I wanted to protect her,” He sighed. “It’s dumb I know”

“I don’t think so Yami,” Julius told him. “You saw someone in need and helped them, if that isn’t something to be proud of then I don’t know what”

“You think so?”

“I know so,” He gave Yami a warm smile. “Though what do you plan on doing with the girl?”

“Hmm,” Yami thought for a second. “Protect her for one, but train her to be able to protect herself as well” He told Julius.

“I feel as if an and is coming up Yami,” Julius smiled. “What is that and?”

“And,” Yami started. “Give her a proper family to be apart of”

[irisjaycomics]

I Helped On A Film! Whoa!!

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