California Nebula

16 January 2020

On my search for deep sky targets that are suitable for a) the current season and b) the gear that I own I stumbled upon a site called Einfache und einfach zu findende Deep-Sky-Objekte für Anfänger. Beside the Orion and Rosette Nebula which I already shot, it also listed the California Nebula or NGC 1499 as a suitable target.

Back in the days when I just started out to dabble into astrophotography I already tried to capture this object with my very limited gear (no proper focussing aids and no star tracker). Of course this lead to no very satisfying result. But not this time. Taking the standard gear I use into account I am very pleased with the result.