Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  California Nebula  ·  NGC 1499  ·  The star ξPer
The California Nebula, maximaLz
The California Nebula
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The California Nebula

The California Nebula, maximaLz
The California Nebula
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The California Nebula

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After dealing with some mount and guiding headaches, I was finally able to capture the California Nebula from 10:30 p.m to 4 a.m.

I was really surprised at how many good enough subs I was able to get, I only rejected 2 in Ha and 0 in Sii. The final image is a PixelMath combination as follow:

R = Ha
G = 0.3 * Sii + 0.7 * Ha
B = Sii

Which resulted in a beautiful golden strip. I worked on colors to ensure I was getting closer to the actual RGB colours of the California Nebula, as to me, this is the most iconic red nebula out there, but I really like the golden version too.

As soon as the moon is finally lower, I'll work on getting Oiii data and produce a SHO palette version. The data was so clean most of my processing went into color grading rather than noise reduction or anything of the sort. Going mono has been a real pleasure.

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The California Nebula, maximaLz