NGC 1499 (California Nebula)

 Posted: Jan 16th, 2020
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Telescope/Lens: Объктив Юпитер 37А
Camera: ZWO ASI 178 mm
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ3-2 MyDrive
Guide Scope: Юпитре 21М
Guide Camera: QHY 5
Software: Maxim DL, DeepSkyStacker, FitStacker, PS
Accessories: Фильтр Baader Planetarium NEODYMIUM 1.25", Бюджетный красный фильтр
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48 x 120" ISO/Gain: 230
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 Kharkiv, Ukraine
1 h 36 m
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The emission nebula NGC 1499 (California Nebula), in the constellation Perseus. The nebula's shape resembles the outline of the U.S. state of California. The nebula's extent is about 100 light-years, and its distance from Earth is 1500 light-years.

An emission nebula is a cloud of ionized gas that emits light in the visible spectrum. The California Nebula has a red color, characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with electrons that were previously knocked out of the atoms during ionization by high-energy photons. The most likely source of the ionizing radiation is the hot blue star ξ Persei, visible in the photo below and to the right of the nebula itself... Scale 50%.
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