NCG 1499 California Nebula in Perseus - with Canon 20Da and 135mm Canon L-series telephoto at f/2.8 for stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 400 - taken from home under ideal conditions Sept 30 2008. Field of view across short dimension of frame equals that of typical binoculars.
The California Nebula, NGC 1499, at top left, with the bright star Zeta Persei. at bottom A faint region of reflection nebulosity, IC 348, surrounds the star Atik, or Omicron Persei, at bottom right. The star just below NGC 1499 is Menkib, or Xi Persei. The field is similar to that of binoculars. This is a stack of 5 x 3-minute exposures with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800 and 200mm Canon L-Series lens at f/2.8. An additional exposure taken through the Kenko Softon A filter is layered in to add the star glows to bring out their colours. Taken with the Fornax Lightrack tracker as part of testing. Taken from home on a rare fine and mild winter night, January 4, 2019.
NGC 1499 the California Nebula, taken December 11, 2014 from New Mexico with the Celestron Rowe-Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph, at f/2.2. This is a stack of 10 x 5 minute exposures at ISO 400 with the filter-modified Canon 5D MkII.
