Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  11.67  ·  13.59  ·  143 Adria  ·  250 Bettina  ·  46 ksi Per  ·  California Nebula  ·  IC 2005  ·  Menkib  ·  NGC 1499  ·  Sh2-220  ·  The star ξPer
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NGC 1499 - California Nebula, Yannick Akar
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This was one of those projects, that took over a year to finish. Unfortunately my view is totally blocked with houses to the south, leaving me with just about 2 hours per night to capture this object. With endless bad winter weather in the last two years capturing was a nightmare. Luckily my Friend Daniel Pázmán gave me his APO data so I could go all in on the California nebula.

So here is a combination of RASA 8" and his ES 80ED APO data, with stars only from the RASA. Processing on the other hand was super fun, finally a bright target to work with.

Image acquisition: Daniel Pázmán & Yannick Akar

Image processing: Yannick Akar

PS: I can't decide on the orientation, what is your favourite?

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Description: NASA APOD (03/10/2021)

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NGC 1499 - California Nebula, Yannick Akar