Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  California Nebula  ·  NGC 1499  ·  The star 50Per  ·  The star ξPer
NGC 1499 California, Bret Waddington
NGC 1499 California
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NGC 1499 California

NGC 1499 California, Bret Waddington
NGC 1499 California
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NGC 1499 California

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I tried this once with a DSLR a few years ago, all I can say about that is "Yuck". Having recently aquired a mono camera and narrow band filters I thought I'd give it another go. This is one nights worth of imaging, I really should add more data to it. But compared to what I got a few years ago this is a masterpiece so I wanted to share it.

Not sure what to call the result, maybe LSHO. I combined the images for SHO but it was lacking something. The Ha had some really nice detail so I added it as a luminance layer in photoshop and the detail really popped, and the blue whisps coming out of the main nebula stood out so much more. They were almost undetectable prior to that.

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NGC 1499 California, Bret Waddington

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