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NGC1499 (Bright Nebula, in Perseus)
Observer: Michael Amato (e-mail: abigmick@aol.com)
Instrument: 127-mm other Location: West Haven, Connecticut, United States
Light pollution: moderate Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Sat Dec 4 00:30:00 2021 UT Obs. no.: 2313
This evening, my brother Anthony & I observed the California Nebula with our 5" MAK. The nebula covered the entire eyepiece 7 our filter allowed us to see some areas to be brighter within the nebula. We also explored nebula in the Pleaides Open Cluster & all the brighter stars had nebulosity around them. We then went to Orion where we viewed the nebula around the belt stars of Orion. Just below the Orion Nebula, was an open cluster that was embedded in more nebulosity. The grand finale was M1 & M42.
NGC1499 (Bright Nebula, in Perseus, Est. RaDec 4h0m8s, +36d29'40")
Observer: Dave Mitsky (e-mail: djm28@psu.edu)
Instrument: 101-mm refractor Location: Coudersport, PA, USA
Light pollution: none Transparency: excellent Seeing: excellent
Time: Sat Sep 15 05:10:00 2001 UT Obs. no.: 564
One of the more esoteric objects that I observed at the Black Forest Star Party at Cherry Springs State Park, Potter County, PA, was the California Nebula (NGC 1499). With the aid of the very dark skies of CSSP and a borrowed H-beta filter my 101mm f/5.4 Tele Vue Genesis sdf refractor displayed this normally elusive emission nebula in fine fashion. In fact the views I had on Saturday and Monday mornings were the best that I've ever had of NGC 1499. The California Nebula somewhat resembles the state of California and appeared as a very large (40' x 145') and somewhat faint rectangular expanse of gray at 15x (35mm Panoptic).
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