#california nebula

[spacewonder19]

Interstellar dust in California Nebula © cosmic_background

#california nebula #space #astrophotography #stars #night sky #nasa #galaxy #astronomy #universe #planet #cosmos #solar system

[without-ado]

“We must understand the Cosmos as it is and not confuse how it is with how we wish it to be.”

l all taken by Andrew McCarthy l Carl Sagan

#nebula #milky way #space #astrophotography #astronomy #carl sagan #universe #stars #solar system #nebulae #heart and soul nebulae #california nebula #night #galaxy #planets #sky

[quiltofstars]

The California Nebula, NGC 1499 // Alex Weinstein

The bright star to the right is Menkib (ξ Persei), whose name comes from the Arabic phrase mankib al Thurayya meaning "shoulder of the Pleiades".

#astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #emission nebula #star-forming region #california nebula #NGC 1499 #Sh2-220 #star #single star #blue giant #menkib #xi persei #perseus

[thefirststarr]

SPACEMAS DAY 19 ✨🪐🌎☄️☀️🌕

By some weird chance, the outline of this molecular space cloud resembles the outline of the state of California, USA. Our Sun has its home within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, only about 1,000 light-years from the California Nebula. Also known as NGC 1499, the classic emission nebula is around 100 light-years long. On the featured image, the most prominent glow of the California Nebula is the red light characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with long lost electrons that were stripped away (ionized) by starlight. The star most likely providing the starlight is the bright, hot, bluish Xi Persei just to the right of the nebula. A regular target for astrophotographers, the California Nebula can be spotted with a wide-field telescope under a dark sky toward the constellation of Perseus, not far from the Pleiades.

Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Powell

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[astronomypolls]

#round 1 #california nebula #flaming tree nebula #nebulas #astronomy #space

[anothercloudynight]

The California Nebula (NGC 1499)

Constellation Perseus..

Distance: 1.000  ly

Sep 06 2023 -Montcada i Reixac

SONGS TO GET OUT OF OUR SYSTEM (I)

California dreaming On such a winter's day.

The Mamas & The Papas- "California dreamin"

#astrophotography #urban astrophotography #astrophotos #astro observations #cosmos #original photographers #astronomy #universe #california nebula #ngc1499 #Youtube

[shaythempronouns]

A 3-panel mosaic of the California Nebula (NGC 1499) in the HSO palette.

Shot at 440mm with a 150mm Newtonian telescope (f/2.93) and a ZWO ASI533MM Pro.

Edited with PixInsight.

Each panel made up of: 12x600" Ha (2h total) 6x600" Oiii (1h total) 12x600" Sii (2h total)

#astronomy #astrophotography #space #nebula #deep sky #narrowband #night sky #california nebula #ngc 1499 #deep space #shaystrophotography

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

#California Nebula #NGC 1499 #nebula #emission nebula #space #astronomy #astrophotography #religion is a mental illness

[harmcityherald]

Very nice, clear night for stargazing. tonight I saw the moon, of course, Jupiter, mars (!!), the pleiades, what may have been the California nebula (using the 'look away' technique) I tried to get shots through my lens, as usual, but was mostly a fail, as usual lol. although, if you look at the last 2 photos I was shooting towards my lens and I did capture light from the pleiades coming through. to me, even that is wicked cool. the photons that left the pleiades fell onto my camera, rendered into electronic impulses, I am able to post it here on social media and in turn, passed to you and your eyes right now. you're welcome, lol. elusive still is the Andromeda galaxy, mostly due to light pollution and it's normal, inherent difficulty to resolve in a telescope. tomorrow I may try to recover my binoculars, which will make nebulae, star clusters and galaxies like Andromeda easier to see. I caught my grandson Gage taking tank outside and showed him the cloud bands around Jupiter and it's 4 visible moons. the second photo above shows my scope and Jupiter in the distance. all told I spent a little over 2 hours outside under the stars. At one point my neighbor's daughter came out on their porch and stared me down, probably thinking I'm a peeping tom or some such. Can't you see my telescope is pointed at the sky, karen? I just kept looking lol. The ecliptic was exciting tonight. At one point, stretching from east to west was Mars, Uranus, the moon, Jupiter, Neptune and Saturn. All lined up like a string of pearls in the night sky. I tried to see Uranus and Neptune but both were too dim to see. my star maps told me they were there even if my eyes wouldn't. It was a fun night for me and I thank you all for following along and letting the old man ramble about the cosmos. keep looking up.

ciao

#telescope #amature astronomy #astronomy #mars #the moon #uranus #jupiter #saturn #neptune #the pleiades #andromeda galaxy #california nebula

[the-wolf-and-moon]

NGC 1499, The California Nebula

#astronomy #night #sky #space #nasa #stars #science #universe #nebula #galaxy #cosmos #california

[spacewonder19]

California Nebula © Paul Moyers

#nebula #space #California nebula #stars #night sky #astrophotography #universe #planet #solar system #planets #cosmos #Astronomy #galaxy

[blasteffect]

The Rosette Nebula

Credit: Lyman Insley

Location: Mojave Desert, California 

Dates: January 14 and 15, 2023

#art #photography #cosmos #cosmic #universe #nebula #rosette nebula #mojave desert #california #lyman insley #telescope #2023 #STARS #GALAXY

[quiltofstars]

The California Nebula, NGC 1499 // NewfieStargazer

#astronomy #astrophotography #nebula #emission nebula #california nebula #NGC 1499 #Sh2-220 #perseus

[quanblovk]

Dark Nebula squeaking the tune of california girls while Necrodeus is sobbing loudly in the corner

#CALIFORNIA GIRLS WE'RE UNFORGETTABLE #DAISY DUKES BIKINIS ON TOP #quan blovk #kirby nintendo #necrodeus #dark nebula

[greenbagjosh]

16 August 2003 - nebula at the Foothill College observatory

Some weekend in August 2003, circa 16 / 17 August 2003

Hi everyone Since returning to the USA on 13th August 2003, I have found it no longer necessary to make multilingual summaries of my stories, at least not for now. At some stage they will return.

I wanted to let you know about a time that I drove my mother to Foothill College on a Saturday night, possibly 16th August 2003. My mother wanted in particular to see the new star as part of Nebula NGC 3603 and the new star called Chandra. There was a public viewing at the observatory in the northwestern part of the campus. It is closer to the softball field than it is to the football stadium, practically on the opposite side of campus. Foothill College is a community college located in Los Altos Hills, off El Monte Road, Moody Road and I-280.

I came over on the Saturday evening from my then-apartment in Foster City, with a hamper full of dirty laundry. My parents allowed me to wash my laundry for free, and they also donated the detergent. At the time, only my mother was at the house, as well as our pet cat Eric. Other family members were away on their own personal business. I think that night, my mother asked me to stop by the Pollo Loco Mexican restaurant, on Grant Road just a little south of El Camino Real, in Mountain View, CA, to pick up a couple of burritos, beans, rice, guacamole, sauce and sour cream. I brought those home. This was a time, when I liked to have the hot sauce, so I had to bring mild sauce for my mother. I washed my laundry, we ate our burritos and after I put the washed laundry into the dryer, we had left in my Jetta, the car I had at the time, for Foothill College.

The way to the college was fairly straightforward. We would drive along Foothill Expressway to El Monte Road and turn towards I-280. I drove under the I-280 interchange, and went into the first entrance past the stadium. The campus has a one way roundabout ring. The best parking lots would be the ones in the northwesternmost section, namely 3 and 4. Foothill College is hilly, and some places may have an incline/decline. I found a good spot in lot 3.

We walked up to the observatory next to Lot 3. I think there were about 50, 60, 70 people in front of us. The line went a bit slowly, and it probably took an hour before we had our turn. At least it was not quite as long as it is to cross from Tijuana, BC, Mexico, into San Ysidro, California, USA. When it was our turn to see, we took about a minute to notice the supernova in Nebula NGC 3603. I was able to spot Chandra. It was really neat.

When we left, there had to be about 100 people waiting their turn. We went back to the car, drove home, I picked up my newly dried laundry, and drove home along CA-85 and US-101. Traffic was light at the time, so the drive to Foster City did not take too long, average speed was about 65 mph or 104 km/h.

Anyway, this more or less concludes the Summer 2003 vacation. Hope you have enjoyed it.

The next adventure will be in the Hong Kong and Macau S.A.R., as well as a layover in Tokyo Narita. Hope you will join me then.

#Nebula #NGC 3603 #Chandra #Foothill College #California #Los Altos Hills #El Monte Road #I-280 #Foster City #Eric #cat #Pollo Loco #Mountain View #burrito #Foothill Expressway #observatory #Tijuana #San Ysidro #Mexico #USA

[michaelgabrill]

NGC 1499: The California Nebula #NASA https://ift.tt/QNewCIL

#NASA #Michael Gabrill #NGC 1499: The California Nebula