NGC1499 - The California Nebula
(A portion of it)
(First light with 8" Astrograph and H-alpha Filter)

Optics: 8" f/4 Astrograph w/ Baader Coma Corrector (MPCC)

Mount: Losmandy G-11 with Gemini L3

Camera: ST-8XE NABG w/CFW-8a loaded with Astrodon E-series filters and a Baader 7nm H-alpha filter

Exposure Info:  Ha- 60min (4x15min)
                             
Chip Temp: -25C 

Location:   Grandville, Michigan

Processing Notes:    Light frames were acquired in CCDSoft v5. 
                                   Calibration, Aligning, Combining in CCDStack
                                   Final adjustments done in Photoshop CS2