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NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus

Altitude: 72.8°   Azimuth: 212.7°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 1499 is a Nebula in the Perseus constellation. NGC 1499 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

NGC 1499
Nebula
Perseus

NGC 1499 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 72.8°
Azimuth: 212.7°
Direction: South-South-West

See also NGC 1499 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 5, NGC 1499 is barely visible to the naked eye, easily visible with the help of a small binocular.

Available Resources for NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus

Photometric information of NGC 1499

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1499 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

5

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent size of NGC 1499

The following table reports NGC 1499 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1499 is a visual representation of it.
160 arcmin
40 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 1499

The image below is a photograph of NGC 1499 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 5.3333333333333x5.3333333333333 degrees (320x320 arcmins).

Image of NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1499 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (160 arcmin) and minor (40 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 1499

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 1499 are provided in the following table:

04h 03m 14s
+36° 22’ 02”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1499 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus.

Finder chart NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus.

Rise ans set times of NGC 1499 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 1499 (California Nebula) - Nebula in Perseus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.6°
Max altitude: 74.9°
Azimuth: 306.4°