Reprocessed this image from scratch using PI this time.
Taking advantage of the new tools like SPCC, BlurX, GHS, NoiseX,
StarX and Bill Blanshan's star reduction methods,
was able to get a much better result than with my old processing software and methods.
Old image here
https://www.astrobin.com/0drxjh/0/Thanks for looking!
Clear Skies
-Pete
NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming molecular cloud. This striking close-up spans about two full moons on the sky or just over 15 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 1333. It shows details of the dusty region along with telltale hints of contrasty red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, jets and shocked glowing gas emanating from recently formed stars. In fact, NGC 1333 contains hundreds of stars less than a million years old, most still hidden from optical telescopes by the pervasive stardust. The chaotic environment may be similar to one in which our own Sun formed over 4.5 billion years ago. (from Nasa APOD website)
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