Posted on 01/11/2016 11:57:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: What's California doing in space? Drifting through the Orion Arm of the spiral Milky Way Galaxy, this cosmic cloud by chance echoes the outline of California on the west coast of the United States. Our own Sun also lies within the Milky Way's Orion Arm, only about 1,500 light-years from the California Nebula. Also known as NGC 1499, the classic emission nebula is around 100 light-years long. On the featured image, the most prominent glow of the California Nebula is the red light characteristic of hydrogen atoms recombining with long lost electrons, stripped away (ionized) by energetic starlight. The star most likely providing the energetic starlight that ionizes much of the nebular gas is the bright, hot, bluish Xi Persei just to the right of the nebula. A regular target for astrophotographers, the California Nebula can be spotted with a wide-field telescope under a dark sky toward the constellation of Perseus, not far from the Pleiades.
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A big music fan, that is obvious...
And it seems; you are stranger than me too
I'm just not sure if that second thing is a good thing.
Maybe...don't go around bragging about that part. [8^')
Hey, btw, I’m sure I’m a LOT stranger than you. ;’)
;’)
After you're mentions, I had already searched the titles and performers and went to those same youtube music vids, lol.
I'd long suspected that the one was an old blues tune, and had likely heard mention of original source, but had forgotten all about it.
Like blaming the dog --- a guy can always try to shift it off onto (that dang!) auto-correct.
That's what the pros do.
That looks like something else to me.
See?
Smarter. ( not me -- that would be you)
But don't you go be bragging about that other part, even if it were true. (hey, I was just making conversation...)
I come in peace. I mean you no harm. I'm trying to help you. Work with me on this...
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