NGC1499 California Nebula
NGC1499 California Nebula
Constellation: Perseus; Distance: 1000-1500 light years; Apparent size: 145 X 40 Arc minutes
Equipment
Celestron 11 GPS on a wedge, HyperStar 3 (F2), Canon 350D (Rebel XT) mod., Orion StarShoot AutoGuider, UHC Filter
Image
3 Minute exposure @ ISO 1600 X 19 images; Date: 1/20/2012. Location: Tucson, AZ
The color is almost all H-alpha due to the filter used
Software
PHD for scope guiding. Nebulosity for image capture, calibration and stacking. Photoshop CS5.1 for final processing

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