Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  California Nebula  ·  NGC 1499  ·  The star ξPer
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"The Golden State" Nebula NGC 1499, Terry Hancock
"The Golden State" Nebula NGC 1499
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"The Golden State" Nebula NGC 1499

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"The Golden State" Nebula NGC 1499, Terry Hancock
"The Golden State" Nebula NGC 1499
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"The Golden State" Nebula NGC 1499

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Description

The California Nebula Captured recently in Narrowband using the new QHY600 60 Megapixel Full Frame Monochrome CMOS camera mounted on the Takahashi 130 FSQ that we have the honor of testing for QHYCCD.

This setup is available immediately for people wanting to subscribe to Grand Mesa Observatory's system 1.

https://grandmesaobservatory.com/equipment

In this Hubble Palette version (SHO) the H-Alpha is mapped to green, SII is mapped to red and OIII is mapped to the blue channel. while the colors in this image are not the true colors, the narrowband filters used in the making of this Hubble Palette image reveal much more of the hidden gasses not visible in a broadband image.

Captured over 5 nights in January and February 2021 for a total acquisition time of 11.6 hours.

Technical Details

Captured and processed by: Terry Hancock

Location: GrandMesaObservatory.com Purdy Mesa, Colorado

Dates of Capture January 16, 20, 26, 31 and February 6th 2021

HA 210 min 21 x 600 sec

OIII 280 min 28 x 600 sec

SII 210 min 21 x 600 sec

Narrowband Filters by Chroma

Camera: QHY600 Monochrome CMOS Photographic version

Gain 60, Offset 76 in Read Mode Photographic 16 bit

Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat Frames

Optics: Walter Holloway's Takahashi FSQ 130 APO Refractor @ F5

Image Scale: 1.19 arcsec/pix

Field of View: 3d 7' 41.0" x 2d 3' 5.3 (127.3 x 190.1 arcmin)

EQ Mount: Paramount ME

Image Acquisition software Maxim DL6, Pre Processing and Starnet in Pixinsight Post Processed in Photoshop CC

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"The Golden State" Nebula NGC 1499, Terry Hancock