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NGC 1499, California Nebula, Ruben Barbosa
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NGC 1499, California Nebula

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NGC 1499, California Nebula

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* Image Acquisition by Jim Misti / Steve Mazlin.

* Processing: Ruben Barbosa.

The California Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs.

It lies at a distance of about 1,000 light years from Earth. Its fluorescence is due to excitation of the Hβ line in the nebula by the nearby prodigiously energetic O7 star, Xi Persei (also known as Menkib, seen at center below it in the inset at right).

By coincidence, the California Nebula transits in the zenith in central California as the latitude matches the declination of the object.

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NGC 1499, California Nebula, Ruben Barbosa