Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  46 Per)  ·  California Nebula  ·  NGC 1499  ·  The star Menkib (ξ Per
California  Nebula, Jelieta Walinski Ph.D
California  Nebula
Powered byPixInsight

California Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This is an image of California Nebula or NGC 1499/SH2-220. It an emissions nebula located in the constellation of Perseus. It has a magnitude of 6 with a distance to Earth of 1000 light years.  The red color is due to its hydrogen  composition. It has a resemblance in shape to the US  state of California. 

This nebula can be found in the Orion Arm of our Milky Way galaxy. It is large and long nebula as far as deep sky objects go. It  is 2.5" long (60 light years across).

50 light frame
60 dark frames
60 bias frames
60 flat frames

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

California  Nebula, Jelieta Walinski Ph.D