This region is located in the constellation of Perseus at a declination of +32 degrees.
Just left of center is the star cluster IC 348 and associated reflection nebula vdB 19, located 1100 light years away. The cluster contains about 500 stars, with 15 of these being larger than our sun. Most of these cannot be seen in this image because of the intervening dust. I like the blue, purple, magenta, and orange light shading throughout the region, which is about 7 light years wide. Just above this star forming region in the image is the bright blue 3.8 magnitude star Omicron Persei.
Just to the right of IC 348 is the small white reflection nebula DG 21. Like IC 348, this small region contains many YSOs (Young Star Objects).
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Barnard dark nebula frame IC 348 and DG 21. Seen at the right center of the image is the most dramatic of these three dark nebula, Barnard 3. The bottom half of the image is Barnard 4, which is much lighter than Barnard 3 but still powerful enough to block out most of the stars behind it. Barnard 5 is in the upper left corner.
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