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NGC 1499
NGC 1499 — California Nebula
Emission Nebula
· PerseusIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Right ascension
- 4h 00m 00s
- Declination
- +36° 25′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 6
- Angular size
- 145′ × 40′
- Surface brightness
- 14.5 mag/arcmin²
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- November, December, January
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 1499;Sh2-220
About this target
Elongated HII region; strong in Halpha.