NGC1499 - The California Nebula - in Perseus

California Nebula

Emission Nebula in Perseus- NGC1499
AP110GTX w 0.8x TCC
ZWO ASI6200MC Pro
Paramount MyT UNguided
18 x 5 min
Acquired with TSX

PixInsight Processing: WBPP, CombineChannels, Colour Calibration, Gradient Removal, BlurX. NoiseX, StarX
For the Starless image: HistogramTransformation , DarkStructureEnhance, Noise reduction (ACDNR)
For the StarsONLY image: Curves and masked Saturation boost
Stars added back via Pixel Math
Photoshop Processing: Some minor clean-up, crop for artistic reasons, save-for-web

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Lucknow, Ontario
Sept 2025

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