NGC 1499, the California Nebula

For your DWARF 3. Change scope

Duo-Bandfilter

73°highest

One frameDWARF 3 tele

Decbest at 10pm

A long red cloud of hydrogen in Perseus. Too long for one frame.

From a real night: Mosaic 2 views, Duo-Band, gain 70. In EQ mode start it within an hour and a half of due south, or the Dwarf stops.

Will it fit?

Sky survey picture of NGC 1499, the California Nebula with the DWARF 3 frame drawn on it — The dashed box is the DWARF 3 tele frame, 2.93 by 1.65 degrees. It fits in one frame. Sky picture: DSS2 colour survey, via CDS hips2fits (Strasbourg).

Tonight from your location

Set your location in the menu bar to see how high it gets tonight.

Settings by level

Use EQ mode for this oneNebulae are faint and need hours of shots. Without EQ mode the picture slowly turns through the night and the edges are lost when it stacks. Set up EQ mode on the tripod before you search for NGC 1499, the California Nebula. How to set up EQ mode.

Beginner

EQmode

Autosettings

Duo-Bandfilter

Set to fitshots

Improver

EQmode

15 sexposure

70gain

Duo-Bandfilter

200+frames

Expert

EQmode

60 sexposure

70gain

Duo-Bandfilter

100+frames

Will my run fit tonight?

Beginner: Auto picks well, but check the filter by eye and set the number of shots to finish before cloud or the Moon. See Improver and Expert for why.

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