NGC 1499 - California Nebula - Ha (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Perseus (Per) · Contains: 46 ksi Per · California nebula · IC 2005 · IC 2027 · Menkib · NGC 1499 · Sh2-220 · The star ξPer

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NGC 1499 - California Nebula - Ha

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

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NGC 1499 - California Nebula - Ha

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

Addendum:

This image (B) of the California Nebula shows a bit more detail than my previous version. I have been using the autosave file that DSS creates and bringing that into Photoshop for processing as I thought the autosave file was not stretched. However, after getting advice from Astrobin users Victor Van Puyenbroeck and Trevor Jones (also with Astrobackyard.com), I saved the image with the DSS settings embedded but not applied. I then turned up the exposure in order to view the image and then did my normal stretching with curves and such.

So does this mean I am going to reprocess every image I have done? Perhaps when I retire...

Original Post:

This is the California Nebula (NGC 1499) and is my Second attempt with HaRGB processing.

I believe the Ha image shows more detail than the Pacman Nebula Ha image although it does not show as much detail is Trevor Jones (Astrobackyard.com) Ha-California version. He seems to have mastered Ha processing. Once again this was taken when the moon was out which I find really cool. I decided take 2 minute exposures using the Ha filter but only managed collect about 1-hour of data. The color will have to wait as the cold winter weather is taking a turn for the worse.

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RA (center)	04h02m09s.52
RA (top/left)	04h09m05s.43
RA (top/right)	03h55m52s.28
RA (bottom/right)	03h55m21s.66
RA (bottom/left)	04h08m17s.42

Dec (center)	+36°22′02″.9
Dec (top/left)	+37°07′57″.10
Dec (top/right)	+37°20′01″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+35°34′37″.4
Dec (bottom/left)	+35°22′50″.8

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