California Nebula in Perseus (NGC1499).
Manually guided photo taken with a Minolta SR-T101 camera with a 200mm TeleSor Auto MC f/3.3 lens stopped to f/5.6 piggyback mounted on a 203.2mm f/6.3 Meade LX200 Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescopeusing Kodak Supra 400 ASA film with an exposure of 30 minutes at about 2:25 AM on October 6, 2002 in Ellenville, NY.