NGC 1499

NGC 1499, also known as The California Nebula is a very large emission nebula in the constellation Perseus that is located about 1,000 light-years from Earth.

Image acquisition and processing information:

Date: December 24th, 2022
Telescope: Celestron C11 telescope using a Hyperstar v4 lens (at F1.9)
Mount: Celestron CGE Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI-2400 MC Pro one-shot-color camera
Guiding: Telescope: Orion 60mm with helical focuser, Camera: ASI-120 MM mini monochrome guide camera
Exposures: 51 two-minute exposures using a IR/UV cut filter
Image acquisition and guiding: ASIAIR Plus

Image processing Software: PixInsight v. 1.8.9.1