NGC1499 – California Nebula
NGC1499, known as the California Nebula, is an emission nebula in the constellation Perseus. It has a visual magnitude of +5.00, an apparent size of 145 × 40 arcminutes and lies about 1,800 light-years from Earth.
General information
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Category
- Nebulae
- Date
- 12 January 2023
Capture
- Total time
- 4h 18min
- Subframes
- 360s (Ha: 33x) bin1; RGB: 60s (R: 20x, G: 20x, B: 20x) bin2
- Gain / Offset
- 125 / Not specified
- Calibration
- 50 bias frames, 50 dark frames, 50 flat frames and 50 dark-flat frames
Equipment
- Telescope
- TS102 f/5.6
- Camera
- ZWO ASI294MM at -10 °C
- Filters
- LRGB and Ha Astronomik, 6 nm
- Mount
- Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro with belt drive
- Guiding
- PHD2, Guide scope 60 mm f/4 + ASI224MC + Pegasus Astro UCH + PPBMicro
- Focuser
- ZWO EAF
- Filter wheel
- ZWO EFW 7pos
Processing and environment
- Processing
- Stacked and post-processed with PixInsight 1.8.9
- Acquisition
- NINA
- Location
- l'Ampolla, Tarragona
- Sky
- Bortle 4