1300ly away and 22ly across, NGC 1499 covers about 2.5" degrees of the sky, but has a very low surface brightness and is difficult to spot visually.

This wide-angle image illustrates the dusty molecular clouds in the foreground, partially obscuring the much larger background structure that the California Nebula appears to be the brightest part of, fluorescing in Hβ light from the O7 star Xi Persei (Menkib).

Total integration: 1h 12m (Bortle 1 skies)

Integration per filter:

- Lum/Clear: 18m (6 × 180")

- R: 18m (6 × 180")

- G: 18m (6 × 180")

- B: 18m (6 × 180")

Equipment:

- Lens: Samyang 135mm 2.0/1E5

- Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro

- Filters: Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Blue 50x50 mm, Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Green 50x50 mm, Astrodon Gen2 E-Series Tru-Balance Red 50x50 mm, Chroma Lum 50 mm

- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)

For full image: https://app.astrobin.com/i/rhi4gp