Description (Wikipedia)NGC 1333 is a
reflection nebula located in the northern
constellationPerseus, positioned next to the southern constellation border with
Taurus and
Aries.
[3] It was first discovered by German astronomer
Eduard Schönfeld in 1855.
[4] The nebula is visible as a hazy patch in a small telescope, while a larger aperture will show a pair of dark nebulae designated Barnard 1 and Barnard 2.
[5] It is associated with a dark cloud L1450 (Barnard 205). Estimates of the distance to this nebula range from 980–1,140 ly (300–350 pc).
[4]This nebula is in the western part
[4] of the
Perseus molecular cloud and is a young region of very active star formation,
[6] being one of the best-studied objects of its type.
[4] It contains a fairly typical hierarchy of
star clusters that are still embedded in the
molecular cloud in which they formed,
[7] which are split into two main sub-groups to the north and south. Most of the
infrared emission is happening in the southern part of the nebula. A significant portion of the stars seen in the infrared are in the
pre-main sequence stage of their
evolution.
[6]The nebula region has a combined mass of approximately 450
M☉,
[4] while the cluster contains around 150 stars with a median age of a million years and a combined mass of 100
M☉. The average star formation rate is 10×10−4 M☉ yr–1.
[4] Within the nebular are 20
young stellar objects producing outflows, including
Herbig–Haro objects. A total of 95 X-ray sources that are associated with known members of embedded star clusters.
[6] In 2011 researchers reported finding 30 to 40
brown dwarf objects in the cloud and in the
Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.
[8]Personal noteDefinitely a challenging object to capture and process. I would have loved to get more of the reds shining through the clouds, but maybe I need more exposure time for that. I did not want to overdo the colors.
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