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.
The photo covers 12 degrees or it would take 25 full moons. This type of
photo take very,very dark skies which is getting harder and harder to
do
This why nowday they place telescope in middle of no where. Like the
telescope on Hawaii are place on top of a extinct volcano and there are
law that forbids build of anything around the area. The whole area is
classified as national park ,so no one can be build in the park,its keep
as clean as they can
In the past they just place a telescope close to the college that
support the telescope this why they place the 200 inch Hale
telescope-Palomar Observatory in California on a mountain by LA,plus
they didn't think LA would grow so fast.At the time it was build it was
the biggest on the Earth this last for some time but now days 200 inch
telescope is consider on the small size. But the light pollution is
effecting the 200 inch plus 100 inch telescopes at Palomar Observatory
in California
.They update the telescope now they used electric camera instead of
film. They now build the new telescope elsewhere but these telescope
are name part of the Palomar Observatory. They have a 60 inch in its
good time this telescope took the first full sky maps,theese map are
still being used today,they did it again using electric camera but
nowday its being used as a teaching telescope people can look through
it or buy time and used it all night....
There was talk of moving both the telescope,the 100 inch and the
200inch,but so far I don't know,it might be cheaper to try to limit the
type of light people used outside.they like LED lights and low pressure
mercury light.High pressure light block out the light wave astronomer
used
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