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APOD from 2022-10-22
NGC 1499: The California #Nebula
A cosmic cloud in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, resembling California's outline, is known as the California Nebula (NGC 1499). About 1,500 light-years away and 100 light-years long, it glows red from hydrogen recombination, ionized by star Xi Persei. It's near Perseus and the Pleiades.
HD image at
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap221022.html 
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