NGC 1499 (California Nebula)

Posted: Jan 16th, 2020

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Technical Info

Telescope/Lens: Объктив Юпитер 37А

Camera: ZWO ASI 178 mm

Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ3-2 MyDrive

Guide Scope: Юпитре 21М

Guide Camera: QHY 5

Software: Maxim DL, DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, PS

Accessories: Фильтр Baader Planetarium NEODYMIUM 1.25", Бюджетный красный фильтр

Exposure:

48 x 120" ISO/Gain: 230

Orange zoneLight Pollution:

Kharkiv, Ukraine

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NGC 1499 (CALIFORNIA NEBULA)

Telescope/Lens: Объктив Юпитер 37А
Camera: ZWO ASI 178 mm
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ3-2 MyDrive
Guide Scope: Юпитре 21М
Guide Camera: QHY 5
Software: Maxim DL, DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, PS
Accessories: Фильтр Baader Planetarium NEODYMIUM 1.25", Бюджетный красный фильтр

Kharkiv, Ukraine
Light Pollution: Orange zone

Exposure:
48 x 120" ISO/Gain: 230

The emission nebula NGC 1499 (California Nebula), in the constellation Perseus. The nebula's shape resembles the outline of the U.S. state of California. The nebula's extent is about 100 light-years, and its distance from Earth is 1500 light-years.<br><br>An emission nebula is a cloud of ionized gas that emits light in the visible spectrum. The California Nebula has a red color, characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with electrons that were previously knocked out of the atoms during ionization by high-energy photons. The most likely source of the ionizing radiation is the hot blue star ξ Persei, visible in the photo below and to the right of the nebula itself... Scale 50%.

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The emission nebula NGC 1499 (California Nebula), in the constellation Perseus. The nebula's shape resembles the outline of the U.S. state of California. The nebula's extent is about 100 light-years, and its distance from Earth is 1500 light-years.

An emission nebula is a cloud of ionized gas that emits light in the visible spectrum. The California Nebula has a red color, characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with electrons that were previously knocked out of the atoms during ionization by high-energy photons. The most likely source of the ionizing radiation is the hot blue star ξ Persei, visible in the photo below and to the right of the nebula itself... Scale 50%.

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