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California Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou
California Nebula in HaRGB
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California Nebula in HaRGB

California Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou
California Nebula in HaRGB
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California Nebula in HaRGB

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California Nebula in HaRGB

A huge cosmic cloud of red

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The 'California Nebula', named so because it resembles the California Peninsula in the U.S., is an emission nebula in the constellation of Perseus.

Radiation from nearby stars (such as 'Xi Persei' on the top right) ionizes this huge cosmic cloud of hydrogen gas, which re-emits this radiation and glows in red colour.

It's around 100 light-years long and is located in the Orion Arm, around 1500 light-years away from us.

This is a combined 7.5 hours of imaging in Hydrogen-alpha and 4.5 hours of colour data.

The Hydrogen-alpha image can be seen here:



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Total imaging time: 12 hours (90x300" in H-alpha + 90x180" in colour)

Telescope: Sky-Watcher Evostar ED80 Black Diamond

Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro

Mount: Celestron AVX

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California Nebula in HaRGB, Orestis Pavlou