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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
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 ...
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 ...
Both groups discovered the nebula on the red Palomar Sky Survey (POSS) plates taken in 1952. Gyul'budaghian's group discovered the nebula's variable nature from followup observations with the 2.6 meter Byurakan reflector, and Cohen's group discovered its variability by comparing the POSS images with images of the region taken over a five-year ...
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This may sound like science fiction, but this is no movie. Dancing ribbons of light, scientifically known as aurora and often called the Northern Lights, are painting the night sky across the U.S ...
The northern lights illuminate the sky above Highway 46 West near Cambria on Oct. 10, 2024. The northern lights returned to San Luis Obispo County on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, turning the night ...
Kronberger 61, also known as the "soccer ball", is a planetary nebula discovered by an amateur astronomer in January, 2011, with the newer images having been taken by the Gemini Observatory. [2] The nebula is named for Austrian Matthias Kronberger, [3] who is a member of the amateur group Deep Sky Hunters. The object is estimated to lie 13,000 ...