Object Information:                  The California Nebula (NGC 2237),
                                                Object Type - Emission nebula,
                                                Constellation - Perseus,
                                                Distance - unknown,
                                                Size - unknown.

Imaged at:                                 San Diego Astronomy Association site near Tierra del Sol, San Diego County, California;
                                                 Elevation - 4000 feet

Equipment:                                Optics - Takahashi E-160 Newtonian astrograph f/3.3
                                                 Mount - Losmandy G-11,
                                                 Camera - Nikon FM2,                                                
                                                 Filter - none,

Exposure Information:               December 17, 2001
                                                 A combination of three, 35 minute guided exposures using the SBIG STV,

Film:                                         Kodak Ektachrome E 200, push processed 1 stop

Image Processing Software:      Registration and combination of images - RegiStar, Final processing - Photoshop 6.01

Image Processing Steps:            1)  All negatives were scanned with a Polaroid Sprint Scan 4000 at 4000 dpi;  2)  All digitized images were then registered and combined using RegiStar, the "average" combination method was used; 3) The combined image was then processed and converted to JPEG format using Photoshop 6.01.