NGC 1499 (The California Nebula) in Perseus

Imaged with:
Astreya 152 mm f/7 refractor
Astro-Physics Field Flattener
Tokai LPS filter
StarLight Xpress SXVF-H36C
Mountain Instruments MI-250 Mount
Guided using an STV-D and miniBorg 50 mm achromat
Image acquired 19 September 2012


Total exposure of 90 minutes, consisting of nine 10-minute subframes.
Calibration data: 32 bias frames, 16 flat frames, 8 dark frames.
Acquired with Maxim DL v5.23, processed with MaxIm v5.23 (calibration and color conversion,
stacking, DDP, and John Winfield's plug-in of Bob Vanderbei's Fat-Tail R-L Deconvolution), and PhotoShop CS5.