Observation by Callum Scott Wingrove: NGC 1499 - The California Nebula (SHO)

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Callum Wingrove

Observer

Callum Scott Wingrove

Observed

2020 Nov 25 - 23:00

Uploaded

2020 Dec 04 - 11:13

Objects

The California Nebula (NGC1499)

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Constellation

Perseus

Field centre

RA: 04^h01^m
Dec: +36°26'
Position angle: -166°23'

Field size

3°49' × 2°54'

Equipment

William Optics RedCat51
Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro
ASI1600MM Pro
ZWO narrowband filters
ASIAIR Pro

Exposure

300s x 24 Ha, 300s x 18 SII, 180s x 20 OIII, Gain 139, size 3.95 x 3.01 degrees

Location

Stanmore, Greater London (Bortle 8)

Target name

NGC 1499 The California Nebula

Title

NGC 1499 - The California Nebula (SHO)

About this image

A cosmic rainbow if ever there was one! Due to the cloud cover it took me most of November to pull 4.5 hours of decent data together. Sadly could not manage much oxygen due to the Moon. Wanting to move onto more targets when it clears so will try to add to this at a later date.

Files associated with this observation

cali10_flip-flat2.jpg (1.9 MB)

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