NGC1499

California Nebula

NGC1499

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Object Info

Type

Diffuse Nebula

Constellation

Perseus

Distance

1,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

November 5, 2005

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Ha 4x15 (bin 1x1), R 1x15, G 1x15, B 1x15 (bin 2x2)

Equipment

Optics

Takahashi FSQ-106N Refractor

Focal Length

530mm @f/5

Mount

Celestron CGE

Camera

SBIG ST-2000XM

Focuser

Robo-Focus

Filters

CFW8A, SBIG LRGB, Astrodon 6nm Ha

Software

MaxIm DL 4, Registar, Photoshop cs