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The California Nebula - NGC1499

Telescope Equipment:
Mount – Celestron CGEM DX
Scope – Canon EF 70-200mm @ 135mm f/4
Guider- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Imaging System:
ZWO ASI533MC Pro – Gain 100, Offset 70, Temp -25°C
Filter – Optolong L-eXtreme
Image Details:
Light: 26x300s
Dark: 20x300s
Flat: 20x12.5s (25,000 ADU ±5%)
Dark-Flat: 20x12.5
Software:
Image Capture – N.I.N.A. (Night-time Imaging N Astronomy) – PhD2
Pre-Processing, Stacking, Stretching – Siril 1.0 rc2 
Starnett ++ – to separate nebula from stars
Post Processing – Adobe Photoshop CC, Astronomy Tools Action Set for Photoshop
Image Taken:
January 28-29, 2022
Photographed from the When Pigs Fly Observatory