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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2022 October 22   
      
                          NGC 1499: The California Nebula   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Kennedy   
      
      Explanation: 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. Our own Sun also lies within the   
      Milky Way's Orion Arm, only about 1,500 light-years from the California   
      Nebula. Also known as NGC 1499, the classic emission nebula is around   
      100 light-years long. The California Nebula shines with the telltale   
      reddish glow characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with long   
      lost electrons. The electrons have been stripped away, ionized by   
      energetic starlight. Most likely providing the energetic starlight that   
      ionizes much of the nebular gas is the bright, hot star Xi Persei just   
      to the right of the nebula. A popular target for astrophotographers,   
      this deep image reveals the glowing nebula, obscuring dust, and stars   
      across a 3 degree wide field of view. The California nebula lies toward   
      the constellation Perseus, not far from the Pleiades.   
      
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