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NGC 1499

NGC 1499 — California Nebula

Emission Nebula
· Perseus
Intermediate
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Target information

Object type
Emission Nebula
Constellation
Perseus
Right ascension
4h 00m 00s
Declination
+36° 25′ 00″
Magnitude
6
Angular size
145′ × 40′
Surface brightness
14.5 mag/arcmin²
Difficulty
Intermediate
Best months
November, December, January
Catalog IDs
NGC 1499;Sh2-220

About this target

Elongated HII region; strong in Halpha.

Recommended telescopes

Radian
275mm f/4.5 · 61mm aperture
Frames 49% of APS-C FOV
William Optics
269mm f/4.8 · 56mm aperture
Frames 48% of APS-C FOV
William Optics
300mm f/4.9 · 61mm aperture
Frames 54% of APS-C FOV
ZWO
260mm f/5.2 · 50mm aperture
Frames 47% of APS-C FOV
William Optics
260mm f/3.8 · 68mm aperture
Frames 47% of APS-C FOV
Borg
250mm f/4.5 · 55mm aperture
Frames 45% of APS-C FOV

Recommended cameras

QHYCCD
3.76µm pixels · cooled
Player One
4.63µm pixels · cooled
ZWO
5.94µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
OGMA
3.76µm pixels · cooled
ToupTek
2.90µm pixels · cooled

Example framing

FOV 7.50° × 5.00°
Scale 4.46″/px
Target fills 48% of frame
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FOV 7.67° × 5.11°
Scale 4.55″/px
Target fills 47% of frame
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FOV 6.88° × 4.58°
Scale 4.08″/px
Target fills 53% of frame
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