Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  IC 2005  ·  LBN 756  ·  LDN 1463  ·  LDN 1464  ·  Sh2-220
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Waves in California, Jeff Reitzel
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Waves in California

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Waves in California

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NGC 1499 The California Nebula. While I was working on my Pacman project I caught a few hours of this beautiful region in the early morning hours. This is a popular but very large emission nebula in Perseus. It has the shape of the state of California with widefield images that show the entire structure. I was going for detail in the core area because I have always been amazed by this particular region. It makes me wonder what is going on to create such turbulence in the dust and gas here. It looks a lot like waves crashing through it to me.

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Waves in California, Jeff Reitzel