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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 US State of California in long exposure photographs. It is almost 2.5° long on the sky and, because of its very low surface brightness, it
Edwin Hubble's arrival at Mount Wilson Observatory, California, in 1919 coincided roughly with the completion of the 100-inch (2.5 m) Hooker Telescope, then the world's largest. At that time, the prevailing view of the cosmos was that the universe consisted entirely of the Milky Way galaxy.
The N 70 Nebula, in the Large Magellanic Cloud has a shell structure and is really a bubble in space. It is a "Super Bubble". Barnard's Loop: 300 ly (92 pc) [49] [50] H II region: Supernova over the last 4 million years probably carved cavities in gas clouds forming the semi circle shape of Barnard’s loop. Sh2-54: 252 ly (77 pc) [51] [52] H ...
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That mysterious purple light in the California sky above Golden 1 Center is no UFO. ... There was another sighting Saturday night after De’Aaron Fox returned from a knee injury to score a season ...
The event had been under discussion for long time [7] [6] [19] but in 2021 another candidate was proposed for the remnant, the recently discovered nebula Pa 30 which has been found to be about 1000 years old. [8] The Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was noted for his careful observations of the night sky from his observatory on the island of Hven ...
Mysterious lights were filmed in the sky at the National Women's Soccer League semi-final playoff match between San Diego Wave FC and OL Reign in San Diego on Sunday, 5 November. But rather than ...
Messier 78 or M78, also known as NGC 2068, is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1780 and included by Charles Messier in his catalog of comet-like objects that same year. [4] M78 is the brightest diffuse reflection nebula of a group of nebulae that includes NGC 2064, NGC 2067 and NGC 2071.