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California Nebula - NGC 1499 (Explored)

My mom was offended when she found out that California has it's own nebula, but Colorado (our home state) does not. I guess I'll have to be on the lookout for a perfectly rectangular cloud of gas... but then we might not be able to tell it apart from Wyoming...

 

Technical Details:

Telescope: Tele Vue NP101 @ f/4.3

Camera: QSI 6120

Mount: Takahashi EM-200 Temma2

Guiding: Off-Axis with QHY 5IIL-M

Filters: Astrodon 3nm Narrowband

12x5min H-Alpha

32x5min OIII

12x5min SII

4.7 hours total integration time over two nights

Sequence Generator Pro

PHD2 Guiding

Processed with PixInsight

 

Captured in the Central District, Seattle

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Uploaded on November 21, 2016
Taken on November 17, 2016