Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  B205  ·  LBN 741  ·  LDN 1450  ·  NGC 1333
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NGC 1333 (LBN 741; Embryo Nebula), Greg Erianne
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NGC 1333 (LBN 741; Embryo Nebula)

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NGC 1333 (LBN 741; Embryo Nebula), Greg Erianne
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NGC 1333 (LBN 741; Embryo Nebula)

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NGC 1333 is a beautiful reflection/emission nebula in the constellation Perseus in the western part of the Perseus molecular cloud, is about 1100 light-years (ly) from Earth, and is only about 4 ly wide.  North is to the right-hand side of the image.

The area is extremely complex and very active.  In addition to having a reflection nebula (vdB 17, top), an associated emission nebula (bottom), two dark nebulae (LDN 450 just above the blue reflection nebula and Barnard 205 just below the emission nebula), it is an extremely active star-forming region with many Herbig-Haro (HH) objects -- very bright nebular patches that surround newly formed stars.  The HH objects can be seen as prominent red patches of nebulosity throughout the image.

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NGC 1333 (LBN 741; Embryo Nebula), Greg Erianne