May 20, 2025
NGC 1499, California Nebula
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NGC 1499, California Nebula
NGC 1499
NGC 1499: The California Nebula
NGC 1499 - California Nebula
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NGC 1499: The California Nebula
Image Credit: Yannick Akar
California Nebula in Perseus by Simon Cao
The California Nebula NGC 1499
A classic emission nebula around 100 light-years long. Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the outline of California on the west coast of the United States. cr. NASA’s APOD(Jan. 2016)/ Farmakopoulos Antonis