Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  B205  ·  NGC 1333  ·  PGC 1963647  ·  PGC 1977681
NGC1333 Perseus Reflection Nebula, Jerry Macon
Powered byPixInsight

NGC1333 Perseus Reflection Nebula

NGC1333 Perseus Reflection Nebula, Jerry Macon
Powered byPixInsight

NGC1333 Perseus Reflection Nebula

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

Imaged on the nights of 10/21/2017, 10/27/2017 and 12/9/2017 under dark skies.

NGC 1333 is a blue reflection nebula with associated star forming regions in the molecular cloud/dust region in the constellation Perseus. The star forming regions contain many new stars less than 1 million years old. Red regions of ionized gas energized by these young stars can be seen in the image. Also seen to the right of the blue reflection nebula is the dark nebula Barnard 205.

Comments

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC1333 Perseus Reflection Nebula, Jerry Macon