NGC1499
California Nebula
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| Other names: |
Squid Nebula |
| Optics: |
Takahashi FSQ-106ED at f/3.65 |
| Mount: |
Mountain Instruments MI-250 w/Gemini on ATS portable pier |
| Camera: |
Canon EOS 40DG [ UV/IR filter modification by Hap Griffin ] |
| Exposure: |
170 minutes [ 34 x 5 minutes ] at ISO 400 |
| Accessories: |
Autoguided with Orion StarShoot Autoguider and Stellarvue SV80S at f/6 |
| Location: |
Borrego Springs, CA |
| Date |
October 31, 2008 |
| Notes: |
Processing: Image acquisition with Canon EOS Utility. Dark frame reduction, align, and combine in ImagesPlus 3.0. Levels, curves, gradient removal (GradientXTerminator), noise smoothing (Noel Carboni's PS Tools), crop, and resize in Photoshop.
Ambient temperature was 60-65°F during the imaging session.
Click the image for a larger version (1800 x 1200, ~2.4 MB).
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