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Menkhib and the California Nebula

Menkhib and the California Nebula
Date taken Fri May 07 2010 Authorship NASA's JPL centre Keywords & Keyphrases Perseus · Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer WISE Metadata JSON

Behind the image

This infrared image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer features one of the bright stars in the constellation Perseus, named Menkhib, along with a large star forming cloud commonly called the California Nebula.