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NGC1499 the California Nebula

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Terri Zittritsch
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I shot this in December, during the last clear nights.   I captured pretty good Ha, but the OIII is very dim and almost non-existent.  So this is mostly Ha.

I think it's ok. 

Shot with an Astrophysics Stowaway scope at 491mm and barely fits.  I used Chroma 3nm Ha and OIII filters along with an ASI6200 camera at 60mp.  

The California Nebula is a faint emission nebula in the Perseus constellation.    It's nearly 2.5 degrees across.   Visually it's hard to see but it's one of the hand full of nebula that's aided by a Hydrogen beta filter.    It's approximately 1000 ly from us and the glowing portion of the nebula is 100 ly in size.


   
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