[AZ-Observing] Re: NGC1499 - California Nebula
- From: Alan Strauss <alan7170@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:18:22 +0000 (UTC)
Mike-
That is simply awesome.
I observed the nebula myself this past weekend from Portal and it was the first
time I was able to see this object...which of course was pretty much a broad
and featureless elongated glow in the eyepiece.
Great work!
Alan
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From: "Mike Wiles" <mikewilesaz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: AZ-Observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:01:38 AM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] NGC1499 - California Nebula
Hello all,
A few weeks ago I made a pilgrimage to the holy site known as Starizona to
have Dean take a look at my CGE mount and tighten up some backlash issues on
the declination axis. I left the mount with him and took my wife for some
unbelievably good BBQ about a mile away from Starizona. As is his usual
ethic, by the time I returned Dean had essentially stripped and
reconstructed the entire mount and wasn't willing to give it back to me
until it met with his personal approval. I got the mount home and it's not
even like the same piece of hardware anymore. I liked it before...but it's
rock solid now.
Anyway, this past weekend was my first trip to a dark sky with the mount and
it performed flawlessly. I was able to accomplish my goal of setting up a
series of exposures and letting the laptop use my C11 while I observed with
my other scope. Overall a great night and I have a ton of data (167 useable
subs) to process that will probably take me a little while to work through.
Here is the first of those images for the group's enjoyment.
NGC 1499 - California
Nebula<http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6047/6282124766_4f444fcdc2_b.jpg>
As you may have deduced, it's an image of the California Nebula (NGC 1499)
shot from the Antennas site on 10/22/2011. This is a composite of 15 subs
of 3 minutes each for a total integration time of 45 minutes. I shot the
image with a QHY8PRO CCD camera attached to my Hyperstar equipped Celestron
11" Edge HD on a Starizona-cized CGE Mount. Comments and criticisms are
welcomed and appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
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