Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  California Nebula  ·  NGC 1499  ·  Part of the constellation Perseus (Per)  ·  The star 50Per  ·  The star εPer  ·  The star ξPer
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California Nebula, Tom Robbe
California Nebula
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California Nebula

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California Nebula, Tom Robbe
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California Nebula

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I made this image in December 2015. I really thought I had posted it here back then. I have spent too much time finding and filling in lost images from the incident that happened site wide a few months ago. (Organization is not one of my strong suits.) After taking a long break, I found a few more. But lately I keep hitting dead ends. I think some of my older images are on a now dead computer, and others are hiding somewhere where I may be able to eventually recover them. Anyway, although I really thought I had posted this image back in 2015, it is not listed as among the lost. So seeing as how this is a better image (although not "great") than any more recent attempts to image the California Nebula (and I have made many), I'm posting it now.

The Nikkor lens was set at f/4. I can't find information on the temperature, but night time temps in northern California in December are pretty cool. Cheers.

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California Nebula, Tom Robbe