Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  California Nebula  ·  NGC 1499  ·  The star ξPer
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California Nebula, Bea Budai & Zsolt Paragi
California Nebula
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California Nebula

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California Nebula, Bea Budai & Zsolt Paragi
California Nebula
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California Nebula

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The only "clear" night we had in December. It was a nearly full moon, and the transparency was not great either. The Monkey Head was just too close o the Moon so we ended up doing the California Nebula again. Our earlier attempt can be found here, with some fun facts about O stars (the hottest type) in general, and Menkib in particular (the brightest one in the image).   A difference is that we did this with gain 101 instead of gain 240, which we used earlier for narrow-band targets. Works beautifully for this bright target. (The noise is due to the bright skies...)

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