NGC1499 / Sh2-220 - California Nebula (Alex)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Perseus (Per) · Contains: 46 Per) · California Nebula · NGC 1499 · The star Menkib (ξ Per

NGC1499 / Sh2-220 - California Nebula, Alex

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NGC1499 / Sh2-220 - California Nebula

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NGC1499 / Sh2-220 - California Nebula

Revision title: NGC 1499 / Sh2-220 - California Nebula

I used SHO method on colour and a new star replacement and blending method to avoid star saturation which worked out very well. Thank you to all the experts on YouTube that I watched and helped me (James Lamb, Adam Block, Shawn at VisibleDark, and Dark Sky Geek), with all my post processing with PixInsight. Learning alot and loving it.

I'm in a Bortle 8 with the L-Enhance filter but had a great transparency night to capture the California Nebula. N.I.N.A is such a great and easy tool once you get a little familiar with it. Have my sequence templates all set up now, just replace with new objects I want to capture. Only item left is figuring out the park position with my Celestron AVX mount. It parks the mount in the last position but won't go to the "Home" position of the AVX, even if I set it as the Park Position in N.I.N.A.

Either way, love clear skies but not looking forward to the cold winter on the way, hoping to get more sessions in before the temperature drops too low.

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Title: NGC 1499 / Sh2-220 - California Nebula

Description: Rotated so it looks more like the state of California and reprocessed with my knowledge to date for colour and detail enhancement I hope.

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