Wallpaper author:
Dale Smalley
01 Jun 2022
California Blues
NGC 1499 the California Nebula is located about 1,000 lightyears away and stretches about 100 lightyears long. This image has been processed using a quite unusual OSH palette, where the (normally red) Hydrogen gas glow has been mapped to the blue channel and the normally blue Xi Persei has been mapped to the red channel.
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 |