Ngc - 1499: California Nebula (Ha 2part mosaic)

[Aggelos Kechagias]

Another widefield with my new at65edq this time on california nebula.

Take a look here

http://webzoom.freewebs.com/astrocorinth/photos/Nebulas/California-Nebula-Ha-mosaic.png

P.s. 1: I will add color soon.

P.s. 2: Dedicated to A.schwarzenegger

info: Location : Corinth - Greece

Telescope : astro-tech 65ed quadruplet

Ccd : QHY 9

Mount : ASA DDM60

Guiding : unguided

Field flattener : -

Gain/Offset : 30% - 106

Temp : -25

Exposures : Ha bin 2x2 30x600

Rgb bin 2x2 8x300sec

Calibration files : Darks - Bias

Applications : Nebulosity - Photoshop - Deep Sky stacker - Maxim - Pixinsight - The sky 6 - Autoslew.

[smoggy]

I am looking forward to seeing colour as this looks spectacular even without.

[tuc]

Aggelos Kechagias, In honour of Al you could have said: "I'll be back...with colour!"

I'm with smoggy on that. That is truly one of the most beautiful images of 1499 I've ever seen.

[tiwar]

Not so keen on this in colour, prefer mono. This is awesome as is.....

T x

[Aggelos Kechagias]

Finally my color edition http://webzoom.freewebs.com/astrocorinth/photos/Nebulas/California-Nebula-small.png

[blinky]

Another stunning image!