NGC 1499 California Nebula in Perseus

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Monday January 16, 2012 MA, MA

Captured at the same time are these two images of the California Nebula from 01-16-2012 5hours total exposre on both images Wide field is modded Canon450d with Canon EF70mm using astronomik CLS filter, at scale is modded 350d and william optics 80mm and celestron lpr filter Atop Celstron C8 w/dsi pro II guiding CGE mount...Boston Suburb with extreme light pollution last night was 4deg f and seeing was 7 of 10 27x180 east 64x180 west

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Categories: astronomy, winter, from the sky, sky

Camera Type: Canon 350d 80MM scope

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1. beanhead 11:18 PM GMT on January 16, 2012
Splendiferous! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: December 29, 2007 Comments: 24810

2. RenoSoHill 11:46 PM GMT on January 16, 2012
Amazing Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: December 12, 2009 Comments: 15221

3. newenglandlight 12:26 AM GMT on January 17, 2012
Stunning image! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: November 6, 2010 Comments: 7352

4. kristinarinell 12:58 AM GMT on January 17, 2012
Cool! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: November 21, 2009 Comments: 17241

5. Astronight 1:28 AM GMT on January 17, 2012
Little Information about the target from the Wiki Website....The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it is extremely difficult to observe visually. It can be observed with a H-Beta filter (isolates the H-Beta line at 486 nm) in a rich-field telescope under dark skies. It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth. The California Nebula was discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1884. Action: \| Ignore User

6. Lucytoo 1:40 AM GMT on January 17, 2012
Wonderful conglomeration in this fantastic photo! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: January 2, 2010 Comments: 1933

7. Willow13 2:29 AM GMT on January 17, 2012
W O N D E R F U L ! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: September 16, 2003 Comments: 15290

8. Bluesmaster 3:14 AM GMT on January 17, 2012
Very cool, congratulations! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: September 12, 2008 Comments: 15101

9. MXShutterloon 4:34 PM GMT on January 18, 2012
Thanks for bringing the heavens closer to earth! The technical information is great but personally, I just revel in the absolute beauty! Awesome! Thanks, again! Action: \| Ignore User Member Since: December 5, 2008 Comments: 507

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