Object:	NGC 1499 in Perseus RA = 04h 03m;, Dec = +36deg 25min
Date & Site:	Imaged on 11/06/13; Runningman Observatory, Carlsbad, CA Clear; excellent seeing
Equipment:	Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106 Refractor Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini Camera: ST-10XME; CFW10 with 3 nm Astrodon filters;
Notes:	Exposures: 75 min Ha; 75 min OIII and 60 min SII for a total of 3 hrs 30 min Color mapped by assigning Ha to Red; OIII to blue and SII to Green FOV = 96 x 65 arc minutes Also known as the California Nebula, NGC 1499 is a large emission nebula. Despite the 60 minutes of exposure through a filter passing having a wavelength to detect doubly ionized oxygen, this region emits very little oxygen and is dominated by ionized hydrogen. This image shows only the "northern" 1/2 of this large nebula which spans 2.5 degrees. 1,000 light years away Reduced to 60% of original Back to Images