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soreneck
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Hi again,
I had forgotten how huge this target is! I'm going to have another crack at it someday with more data. If I remember to bring the field flattener along, I might be able to mosaic it together.
Click here for a larger version (~340kb).
NGC1499, The California Nebula
Capture date: September 2, 2008
Scope: WO FLT 110 (TMB) @ f/7
Mount: EQ6 Pro, autoguided
Camera: modified Canon 350
Exposure: 130 minutes, 13x600sec lights @ ISO800, plus darks, flats, flat-darks
Conditions: average seeing, good transparency, lots of dew (was set up on the shores of a large lake)
Processing: stacked in DeepSkyStacker, processed in PS CS2
Thanks again for looking! Feedback and suggestions always welcome.
Adam
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Very nice shot Adam! Focus and tracking is perfect. 
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Andrew Welsh
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This is a lot better than mine will come out. I have a pile of California nebula subs waiting for processing. But they're in the queue behind M33, Iris, pacman nebula, M2, NA nebula, NGC 5033 etc etc.
Great focus, tracking, colors.. this will be an awesome mosaic for certain!
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Beautiful, Adam!
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Excellent.
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I like it. Very good contrast.
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Can I borrow some of your red sometime?
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Very nice! Can't wait for the other half 
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soreneck
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Thanks for all the positive feedback!
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Can I borrow some of your red sometime?
Sure, my pleasure! For this image at least, I seem to have a little extra. Unfortunately most of the red I usually capture is light pollution.
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s58y
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Very nice image, with lots of red details.
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ChazK
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Agreed..a mosaic would be amazing!
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HrAstro
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Wow.. really nice image!
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