Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)
California Nebula (NGC1499): detail in Ha narrowband, Michele Vonci
California Nebula (NGC1499): detail in Ha narrowband
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California Nebula (NGC1499): detail in Ha narrowband

California Nebula (NGC1499): detail in Ha narrowband, Michele Vonci
California Nebula (NGC1499): detail in Ha narrowband
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California Nebula (NGC1499): detail in Ha narrowband

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Last Wednesday the weather forecast was looking promising so for the first time after I moved house I dared taking out my big telescope! I safely pointed it away from the lights surrounding the backyard and aimed at the California Nebula. I had to stick a piece of cardboard to the telescope to prevent stray light to enter the tube (perhaps it's time to buy a proper dew shield/light shield) Despite the favourable forecast I had lots of low scattered clouds and by 11pm the sky was fully covered by clouds. In the end I managed to get 2h of data (24x300s) of Ha narrowband data, not a lot but not too little either! Of course, the field of view of my system is too narrow for fitting the whole Nebula; also, the final image is quite noisy but I'm reasonably happy!

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California Nebula (NGC1499): detail in Ha narrowband, Michele Vonci