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NGC 1499 - California Nebula, mewmartigan
NGC 1499 - California Nebula
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NGC 1499 - California Nebula

NGC 1499 - California Nebula, mewmartigan
NGC 1499 - California Nebula
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NGC 1499 - California Nebula

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My first try at a two panel mosaic. Harder than I thought, especially trying to get it all in one night. Had some walking noise and had to crop quite a bit because I guess my platesolve wasn't accurate enough.

A flats issue too apparently which is why the background is darker than normal.

But performing the actual mosaic in PI went well at least!

Each panel is 54@180s frames. I had more but had to throw out about 20 from the second frame due to focus and then removed 20 from the first to keep it generally even.

EDIT: wasn't the platesolve, it was rotation. Time to get a graduated rotator.

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NGC 1499 - California Nebula, mewmartigan