California Nebula
California Nebula
NGC 1499 the California Nebula is located about 1,000 lightyears away and stretches about 100 lightyears long.
The nebula’s cosmic glow is most likely caused by Xi Persei, the scorching hot blue star that can be seen beside it.
The California Nebula is found in the Orion Arm of our Milky Way galaxy, and has been given its informal nickname because its shape resembles the outline of the US state of California.
The California Nebula can be seen from Earth in the Perseus constellation, which just so happens to be the radiant of one of the most prolific annual meteor showers seen from Earth, the Perseid meteor shower.
Scotty Bishop's article on HDR processing with multiple stretches in PI to feed the HDR Pro merge in PS was the key to teasing out the extra blue detail - thanks Scotty
The nebula’s cosmic glow is most likely caused by Xi Persei, the scorching hot blue star that can be seen beside it.
The California Nebula is found in the Orion Arm of our Milky Way galaxy, and has been given its informal nickname because its shape resembles the outline of the US state of California.
The California Nebula can be seen from Earth in the Perseus constellation, which just so happens to be the radiant of one of the most prolific annual meteor showers seen from Earth, the Perseid meteor shower.
Scotty Bishop's article on HDR processing with multiple stretches in PI to feed the HDR Pro merge in PS was the key to teasing out the extra blue detail - thanks Scotty
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Takahashi FSQ-106ED - SPA1
Camera
FLI PL16083
Location
IC Observatory Spain
Date of observation
2021/22 Bundle
Filters
Astrodon Ha (3nm), SII (3nm), OIII (3nm)
Processing
Pixinsight, Starnet2, Photoshop, Topaz AI
Credits
Jarmo Ruuth - psAutoIntegrate.js script and Scotty Bishop's HDR article
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