This image was composited into the January image of the 2003 RASC Observer's Calendar.

• Object: California Nebula in Perseus
• Exposure: 90 minutes + 108 minutes @ f/6.7
• Telescope: Astro-Physics 130 EDF
• Mount: Astro-Physics 600E QMD
• Guiding: SBIG ST-4 @ 700mm
• Camera: Pentax 67
• Film: Kodak PPF 400
• Location: Groton, NH
• Date: 16-Sep-01 01:16 EDT (+17-Oct-01)
• Conditions: transparency 6/10, seeing 6/10, LVM 6.7, temp 35° F, humidity 80%
• Processing: UMAX PowerLook 3000, Adobe Photoshop 6.0.1, RegiStar 1.0.3