NGC 1499, the California Nebula (Kevin Wigell)

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Distribution of astrophotographers

This table shows the number of distinct astrophotographers who have been assigned and IOTD/TP award compared to the total number of images awarded.
	Distinct awarded users	Total awarded images
Image of the day
Top picks
Top pick nominations

Distribution of subject types

This table shows the distribution of awards per subject type, compared to the popularity of images of that subject type.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Deep sky
Solar system
Extremely wide field
Star trails
Northern lights
Noctilucent clouds
Landscape
Artificial satellite

Distribution of data sources

This table shows the distribution of awards per data source, compared to the popularity of images acquired from that data source.
	Image of the day	Top pick	Top pick nominations	Total submitted
Backyard
Traveller
Own remote observatory
Amateur hosting facility
Public amaeteur data
Professional, scientific grade data
Mix of multiple sources
Other
Unknown

The “AstroBin Image of the Day and Top Picks”, or IOTD/TP, is a long-running system to promote beautiful, interesting, peculiar, or otherwise amazing astrophotographs, with a focus on technical excellence. Learn more.

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Views by Submitters (available since September 19th, 2023) Every image is assigned to 50% of available Submitters. In the event that at least 80% of them don't view the image before its time in the IOTD/TP process expires, it's assigned to the other 50% of Submitters and the process begins anew.
Promotions by Submitters When 3 distinct Submitters promote the image, it moves on to the next stage of the process: evaluation for Top Pick status. This requirement, in addition to anonymization of images and distribution to only a subset of them, prevents biases and ensures that the best images are selected.
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Early dismissal Staff members have a lot of images to inspect on a daily basis, and they can dismiss images if they believe they don't meet the requirements for IOTD/TP selection. If an image is dismissed 5 times, it's removed from the process. This streamlines the process and ensures that any bias present in promotions could be overruled by other staff members.

13.39 · 46 ksi Per · 49 Per · 760 Massinga · California Nebula · IC 2005 · IC 2027 · LBN 748 · LBN 752 · LBN 756 · LDN 1449 · LDN 1456 · LDN 1462 · LDN 1463 · LDN 1464 · LDN 1469 · Menkib · NGC 1499 · PGC 13884 · PGC 13918 · PGC 13948 · PGC 13961 · PGC 13969 · PGC 13974 · PGC 13981 · PGC 14008 · PGC 14030 · PGC 14031 · PGC 14032 · PGC 14038 · PGC 14045 · PGC 14068 · PGC 14142 · PGC 14276 · PGC 14280 · PGC 14455 · PGC 14572 · PGC 14579 · PGC 14584 · PGC 14650 · PGC 14662 · PGC 14709 · PGC 165378 · PGC 165380 · PGC 2049070 · PGC 2050398 · PGC 2054700 · PGC 2054793 · PGC 2060905 · PGC 2064595 · PGC 2065173 · PGC 2066953 · PGC 2076802 · PGC 2078015 · PGC 213247 · PGC 213251 · PGC 213252 · PGC 213253 · PGC 213254 · PGC 213255 · PGC 213256 · PGC 213258 · PGC 213259 · PGC 213272 · PGC 3097119 · PGC 90698 · PGC 97028 · PGC 97035 · Perseus · Sh2-220 · The star ξPer

Status	Advanced success
Started	...
PixInsight job	Q8ZZ42KEBLZC0CHUTTJHMW1DRD25BQQ0
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	04h01m20s.88
RA (top/left)	04h15m30s.44
RA (top/right)	03h49m07s.50
RA (bottom/right)	03h47m39s.15
RA (bottom/left)	04h12m57s.76

Dec (center)	+36°16′59″.9
Dec (top/left)	+37°32′56″.10
Dec (top/right)	+38°12′21″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+34°55′02″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+34°17′14″.8

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