NGC 1499 the California nebula

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Here is another image from last fall.
NGC 1499 the California nebula
~1,000 light years from Earth
Emission nebula in the constellation Perseus
Imaged November 8 and December 1, 2012 from Ocala, Florida
RGB: 1 hour 6 min Red, 1 hour Green and 1 hour Blue (binned 1x1)
Ha: 2 hour 15 min (binned 1x1)
Click here to view Narrowband image
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON (FL 480mm)
Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG
QSI 683 ws
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB filters
Baader 7 nm Ha filter
Questions and suggestions are always welcome. Thank you for looking.

[LewisM]

VERY 3 dimensional.

[Larryp (Laurie)]

That's a great image

[broca (Steve Coates)]

Thanks LewisM and Laurie!

[pluto (Hugh)]

That's really nice, great work!