The California Nebula

NGC 1499 - The California Nebula in Perseus

by Bob and Janice Fera

Stellarvue SV4 4" f/6.4 Refractor with Televue 0.8x Reducer/Flattener

Yankee Robotics Trifid-2 6303E CCD Camera

Astrodon filters

HaRGB composite - 300:100:100:100 minutes

Sub-exposures: Ha: 10x30 min, RGB:5x20 min, all unbinned

Image acquired with CCDAutopilot

Processed in CCDstack, MaxIm/DL (with RC-Astro plug-in), PixInsight LE and Adobe Photoshop

Taken October 25-26, 2006 from Eagle Ridge Observatory, Foresthill, CA

 

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