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NGC 1499 California Nebula (92mm 5DII in 2014).jpg

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The California Nebula, NGC 1499, by the blue star Zeta Persei, aka Menkib, which likely illuminates the nebula. The California Nebula was discovered in 1884 by E.E. Barnard. It lies about 1000 light years away.

This is a stack of 9 x 6 minute exposures with the filter modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and through the TMB 92mm apo refractor at f/4.4 with the Borg 0.85x field flattener/reducer, shot from New Mexico Nov 16, 2014.
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Nebulas, NGC/IC Objects
The California Nebula, NGC 1499, by the blue star Zeta Persei, aka Menkib, which likely illuminates the nebula. The California Nebula was discovered in 1884 by E.E. Barnard. It lies about 1000 light years away.<br /> <br /> This is a stack of 9 x 6 minute exposures with the filter modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and through the TMB 92mm apo refractor at f/4.4 with the Borg 0.85x field flattener/reducer, shot from New Mexico Nov 16, 2014.