NGC 1499, The California Nebula

This image was captured from backyard with my wide-field imaging rig. The object is NGC 1499, The California Nebula. It is a large emission nebula in the constellation Perseus. It is called the California Nebula because its clouds of ionized Hydrogen gas resemble the shape of the US State. This large star forming region is about 1,800 light-years from earth.

Telescope: Askar FMA180 Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Other: ZWO EAF, Pegasus Astro Powerbox Advance

Exposure: 92 subs @ 180 sec each for a total exposure of 4 hours and 36 minutes
All pre and post processing done in PixInsight. The HOO look of this image was achieved with the use of the Narrowband Normalization process in PixInsight.