California Nebula, 2 SHO versions (James R Potts)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Perseus (Per) · Contains: 46 Per) · 46 ksi Per · California Nebula · IC 2005 · LBN 752 · LBN 756 · LDN 1456 · LDN 1462 · LDN 1463 · LDN 1464 · LDN 1469 · Menkib · NGC 1499 · PGC 14068 · PGC 14276 · PGC 14280 · PGC 165380 · PGC 90698 · PGC 97028 · Sh2-220 · The star Menkib (ξ Per

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California Nebula, 2 SHO versions

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Love these long winter nights, I was able to get 9 hours of data in one night and surprisingly all them scored well. Here is two different version of the nebula, the first one was mostly processed in APP and the second one was processed in PI using PI's new Hubble Palette videos. Not sure which one I like better, the APP version seems to show the detail better and definitely shows the LDN nebula better, but I like the color of the PI version better.

Obviously this is a really popular target to image and a fairly easy target to image using NB filters. It is interesting that when you see all these bright images, the nebula actually has a very low surface brightness and it tough to view through a scope. Most believe this nebula is illuminated by Menkib, a hot blue-white spectral star. Menkib is very noticeable in this image and has a bit of a purple halo since I did not get any RGB images of the stars, I did so some purple reduction, but I left a bit. Menkib is the 12 brightness star in Perseus and is one of the hottest and most massive stars visible to the naked eye.

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RA (center)	04h01m38s.50
RA (top/left)	03h51m47s.45
RA (top/right)	04h02m40s.90
RA (bottom/right)	04h11m19s.19
RA (bottom/left)	04h00m32s.36

Dec (center)	+36°11′08″.6
Dec (top/left)	+36°45′55″.7
Dec (top/right)	+34°08′13″.4
Dec (bottom/right)	+35°33′25″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+38°14′11″.1

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