Nebula 011 / 100
California Nebula
NGC1499
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At a glance
- Type
- Emission nebula (H II region)
- Constellation
- Per
- Right ascension
- 4h 03m 14.4s
- Declination
- +36° 22′
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.0
- Angular size
- 160x40′
- Catalogue
- NGC1499
Located in Perseus.
The outline on your card
A long, thin emission filament stretched across the sky like a coastline.
- Outline class
- Filament
- Axis ratio
- 0.25 : 1
- Central source
- No central source
- Surface brightness
- Low
- Recorded structure
- Filaments · Bright rim
The card front carries no text by design: the glyph is drawn from this object's own silhouette, so the outline is the only clue you get until you scan it.
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