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Golden Waves of California (NGC 1499), Christoph Flixeder
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Golden Waves of California (NGC 1499)

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Golden Waves of California (NGC 1499)

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The wave-like structures of the California Nebula are brought to light by the ionisation of hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
At a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth, the California Nebula is the closest HII region, and star formation is taking place there.

In this false colour image processed in the „Hubble Palette“, it is quite easy to distinguish between the hydrogen (orange) and the oxygen (blue).

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Golden Waves of California (NGC 1499), Christoph Flixeder

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