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Key facts
- Right ascension
- 04 03 18.00
- Declination
- +36 ° 25 ′ 18.0 ″
- Distance
- 1300 ± 160 ly ( 410 ± 50 pc )
- Apparent dimensions v
- 2.5 ° long
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Radius
- 22 ly
- Designations
- NGC 1499, Sharpless 220
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- H II region
- Part of
- Orion Arm
- Named after
- California
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Distance from Earth
- 1340
- Radius
- 50
- Image
- California Neb 2007.jpg
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- right ascension
- 60.8250
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- California Nebula
- catalog code
- SH 2-220
- spectral class
- O7n
- discoverer or inventor
- Edward Emerson Barnard
- time of discovery or invention
- 1885-11-03
- declination
- 36.4217
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Encyclopedic overview
The California Nebula (Also known NGC 1499 or Sh2-220) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. Its name comes from its resemblance to the outline of the U.S. State of California in long exposure photographs.
By coincidence, the California Nebula transits in the zenith in central California as the latitude matches the declination of the object.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “California Nebula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.