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NGC1499 California Nebula
The California Nebula is an emission nebula located about 1,000 light-years from Earth. It stretches over 40 light-years in length, and owes its reddish glow to the Ha and Hb gases in the nebula, excited by nearby star Xi Perseus, the bright star to the right. North is to the left.

Scope/Mount: StellarVue SV70T Refractor with SFFR-70APO Focal-reducer/Field-flattener, Celestron CI-700 Mount
Camera: ZWO ASI1600MMC monochrome with ZWO LRGB filters
Guiding: QHY5L-IIM through Orion Thin OAG, PHD guiding software
Exposure: L (90) 120 sec @ gain=80, RGB: each channel (10) 120 sec @ gain=139
Software: Nebulosity, PhotoShop CS2
Comment: 10-25-2019, Tierra del Sol, CA, windy at first, otherwise good conditions.