Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Perseus (Per)  ·  Contains:  IC 348  ·  The star οPer  ·  omi Per Cloud
IC348 and the Omicron Persei Cloud, Graeme Coates
IC348 and the Omicron Persei Cloud, Graeme Coates

IC348 and the Omicron Persei Cloud

IC348 and the Omicron Persei Cloud, Graeme Coates
IC348 and the Omicron Persei Cloud, Graeme Coates

IC348 and the Omicron Persei Cloud

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IC348 is a reasonably young open cluster surrounded by the nebula VdB 19 and sits next to the bright blue star, Atik (Omicron Persei) which shines at magnitude +3.8.

The whole region is surrounded by dust and gas with HA emission coming from LBN 749, dark lanes including Barnard 3 and 4 & LDN1468/70; the whole region of dust emission extends west towards another commonly imaged object, NGC1333.

I like the shape of the "boxing hare" silhouetted against the brighter dus/gas (just above/east of Barnard 3) - another animal in the dusty menagerie.

This is an LRGB image taken from EEYE, Extremadura during Jan, Feb & March 2021.

Image capture: Paul Tribe, Graeme Coates

Processing: Graeme Coates

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IC348 and the Omicron Persei Cloud, Graeme Coates

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