Embryo (Michael Armentrout)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Perseus (Per) · Contains: B205 · HD21229 · HD21483 · HD21864 · HD278687 · HD278688 · HD278692 · HD278693 · HD278694 · HD278775 · LBN 734 · LBN 740 · LBN 741 · LDN 1448 · LDN 1450 · LDN 1452 · NGC 1333

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NGC1333 (Embryo) The Darkness

This has to be one of the most difficult targets captured and processed at least for me so far. This image is almost 64 hours of integration from a 40% moon to new moon. The plus living in a hot dry climate are the consecutive clear nights. Anyway let me know what you think. any suggestions for improvement?

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

Technical stuff:

63hours 40mins total integration
bortle 4
Average RMS .5 thanks to bin 2 guiding
187x300s R
193x300s G
179x300s B
205x300s L

Equipment:
Scope:William optics GT 71
Guide scope: William optics uniguide mini 32mm
Mount: GEM45
Main Camera: ZWO 183mm pro
Guide Camera: ZWO 120mm
Filter wheel: ZWO 2inch 7 position EFW
Focusar: ZWO EAF
Filters: ZWO LRGB
Computer: ZWO ASI AIR PLUS

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	5302322
PixInsight job	B3WBYFYQ1LG83S1NC1V1WMRDA5K8I304
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	03h29m17s.10
RA (top/left)	03h32m40s.70
RA (top/right)	03h32m42s.85
RA (bottom/right)	03h25m49s.61
RA (bottom/left)	03h25m56s.41

Dec (center)	+31°25′01″.3
Dec (top/left)	+30°19′24″.8
Dec (top/right)	+32°30′39″.2
Dec (bottom/right)	+32°30′21″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+30°19′07″.9

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