This image features a deep integration on the California Nebula, NGC 1499, an emission nebula in the constellation of Perseus.
It's located at a distance of about 1000 light years from Earth and it's visible thanks to the ionization of gases by the blue giant star ξ Persei (Menkib).
Background dust was captured with just a UV/IR Cut filter and emission nebulae with the Optolong L-eNhance. Later in the processing I combined the broadband and narrowband data, which made a big difference, especially in showing weaker emissions of hydrogen.
Here is an animation that shows the difference between the broadband image and the enhanced one:
Hope you liked the image and clear skies!
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