Rian-Pascal Bergen

NGC 1499, or California Nebula, Taken 20211113-20211115

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I've always wanted to take an up-close image of the California Nebula. It’s a super cool target with a lot of detailed variations, several darker dust clouds, and even some fainter outer bands. Definitely could improve on the star colors, but I will leave that for next year.

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Equipment

Telescope/Lens: Meade 70 mm Series 6000 Astrograph Quadruplet APO Refractor

Imaging Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM-PRO

Guiding Scope: ZWO Mini Guide Scope

Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI290MM

Mounts: Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro

Filters: Chroma 2" LRGB, Chroma 2" H-Alpha (3nm), Chroma 2" OIII (3nm)

Accessories: ZWO EFW 7x2", Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox, Astrozap AstroStrap 70mm Dew Heater

Software: N.I.N.I, PHD2, Deep Sky Stacker, Adobe Photoshop 2021, StarNet++

Storage Devices and Computers used are not mentioned here.

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Location, Weather, and Acquisition

All data was taken from my Bortel 4 backyard. Location was within a 15-mile radius of Comer, Georgia (USA) (34.0637° N, 83.1254° W). Weather data was not recorded. Some Acquisition Data may be missing.

Date	Temperature	Humidity	Average Moon Phase
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-14	N/A	N/A	Waxing Gibbous (73.3%)
2021-11-14 - 2021-11-15	N/A	N/A	Waxing Gibbous (81.7%)

Date	Filter	F-Ratio	Gain/ISO	Exposure Time	Number of Exposures
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-15	H-Alpha	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	56
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-15	R	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	7
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-15	G	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	9
2021-11-13 - 2021-11-15	B	f/5	Gain 139, Offset 21	300	9
TOTAL INTEGRATION	HARGB	f/5	N/A	6H 45M 00S	81

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