NGC 7023- the Iris Nebula The night sky did not disappoint! Great Basin is one of the Dark Sky Sanctuaries in the US as discussed in Part 1 We had 3 of 4 clear nights. As I also mentioned earlier, the Milky was a little obscured to the south due to the terrain so I chose a target in the northern section. The above image was taken with the equipment shown below. This is a single 5 minute exposure, raw image uncalibrated. Unfortunately my ability to fully process astronomical i