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

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NGC 1499 California Nebula, Roger Menard
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NGC 1499 California Nebula

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The California Nebula is an emission nebula in Perseus. Its light is due to excitation from nearby star Xi Persei.

This is a very large nebula. In order to get most of the nebula in the frame I had to use a 90mm refractor and a 0.8 focal reducer. Perseus is already past the meridian when I started imaging so I was limited in the intergration time.

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NGC 1499 California Nebula, Roger Menard