Wallpaper author:
Pranay Kanwar
22 Mar 2022
NGC 1499 a.k.a California Nebula
Emission nebula energized by star Xi Persie a.k.a Menkib brightest one closest to the nebula
in the constellation of Perseus ~1000 ly away. Menkib is a blue giant O7 class star ~12700 times brighter than the sun.
Didn't know what the weird magenta object was in the top right section of the image while processing,
didn't seem like a star. Turned out to be the planetary nebula IC2003 after running image solving and annotation.
HSO 10h10' (61x600s) observation bundle from SPA-1 telescope, part of telescope.live network.
Taken on 13,16,21 Aug 09 Sep 04,08,16 Oct 07,08,12,15 Nov 2021 and 18,19,20 Jan 2022.
Processed in PixInsight. Initial integration with AutoIntegrate.js.
Dataset from which the image was processed
NGC 1499
13 credit
- Type of target............................................................................................................................Emission Nebula
- Camera............................................................................................................................FLI PL16083
- Target coordinates............................................................................................................................RA 60.825 Dec 36.41667
- Hemisphere............................................................................................................................Northern
- Telescope location............................................................................................................................Spain
- Transient event............................................................................................................................No
- Observed on............................................................................................................................13 Aug 2021 - 20 Jan 2022
Filter | Avg Exp (s) | Total Exposure | Subframes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halpha | 600 | 6h10m | 37 |
| OIII | 600 | 6h10m | 37 |
| SII | 600 | 6h | 36 |