Posted on 11/22/2013 4:03:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: An astronomical trip from the California Nebula to the Pleiades star cluster would cover just over 12 degrees across planet Earth's night sky. That's equivalent to the angular extent of 25 Full Moons, as your telescope sweeps past the borders of the constellations Perseus and Taurus. This wide and deep mosaic image of the region explores the cosmic landscape's dusty nebulae and colors otherwise too faint for your eye to see. On the left, cataloged as NGC 1499, the California Nebula does have a familiar shape, though its coastline is actually over 60 light-years long and lies about 1,500 light-years away. The nebula's pronounced reddish glow is from hydrogen atoms ionized by luminous blue star Xi Persei seen just to its right. At the far right, the famous Pleiades star cluster is some 400 light-years distant and around 15 light-years across. Its spectacular blue color is due to the reflection of starlight by interstellar dust. In between are hot stars of the Perseus OB2 association and dusty, dark nebulae along the edge of the nearby, massive Perseus molecular cloud.
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[Credit & Copyright: Rogelio Bernal Andreo (Deep Sky Colors)]
It's so very lonely, you're 400 light years from home.
and that is just california
I submitted this as my numbers song last week.
Very pretty.
Thanks so much, SunkenCiv!!!
Ain’t no other place left to go... San Francisco...
wear some flowers in your hair
The Seven Sisters.
Pliedes is mentioned in the Book of Job, along with Orion.
oops. Sorry about the misspelling.
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