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Not my favorite nebula, but with the winds gusting to 25 MPH and temp at 10F, I had to keep my setup close to the Garage to block most of the winds. This situation called for a northern target and the highest was NGC1499.
23 x 300 second HA
24 x 300 O3
17 x 300 S2, had to cut it short because the trees started showing in the images.
Just over 5 hours of usable data.
Radian Raptor
CEM 40
ZWO 2600 mm cooled to -20, Gain 100
ZWO 2 inch EFW
Guided by ZWO 120 mini guide scope and cam
Almost Full moon and Bortle 4.
processed in Pixinsight using SHO combination
Attachments
OTAs: Nexstar 8SE, Radian Raptor, Celestron RASA 11, TPO ultra wide
Mounts: Ioptron CEM70G, Ioptron CEM 40
Cameras: ZWO 1600mm Pro, 533 MC pro, 2600mm Pro
Guide Cameras: ZWO 120MM Mini, ZWO 174MM
Guide Scopes: Orion 60mm, ZWO mini guide scope
ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Eyepieces: Celestron Luminos 31mm, 19mm, Explore Scientific 4.5mm 82 Degree, Celestron - SkySync Telescope GPS, Celestron f/6.3 Reducer, Celestron Luminous 2-Inch 2.5x ,Barlow Lens, Dielectric Star Diagonal 2" with Twist Lock, Celestron StarSense Automatic Alignment.
Thank you for posting this. I've taken 1499 as well - with the Enhance filter and it was very yellow (Ha and OIII). So maybe the colors I'm getting are correct. Guess I need a couple more hours too... I only took 2 hours and the result was not as brilliant as yours. Well done!
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