I have always wanted to image the California Nebula but was not able to do so mainly due to weather conditions and partly due to my equipment. Just by looking at its stats, I know that it is huge - more than 120'. Definitely not going to fit in the FOV of my scope. So, when my most awaited focal reducer came together with the H-alpha filter, its the first object that entered into my priority list to image. However, when we went out last night, doubts were in my mind if it was not yet too late to image it. The waxing quarter moon was also in close proximity. Another test of the H-alpha filter, I said to myself. It took more than a couple of tries to frame it. In this resulting image, I made 25 frames of 4 minutes each.
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