NGC 1333 Challenging target In Limited Conditions! (Jim Raskett)

NGC 1333 Challenging target In Limited Conditions!

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NGC 1333 is a reflection nebula located in the northern constellation Perseus, positioned next to the southern constellation border with Taurus and Aries. It was first discovered by German astronomer Eduard Schönfeld in 1855. 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. 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).This nebula is in the western part of the Perseus molecular cloud and is a young region of very active star formation, being one of the best-studied objects of its type. It contains a fairly typical hierarchy of star clusters that are still embedded in the molecular cloud in which they formed, 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.

A super interesting target that I had the opportunity to catch a only 2 hours on several weeks ago. After taking a peek at the data, I had to get more. This target is simply beautiful. But, at a visual magnitude of 10, and a broadband target, and in my Bortle 7 skies, it will take quite a bit more that the 8.5 hours that I have here. Not sure if I will get the opportunity to catch more data this season, but we will see.
I really need at least twice the data to do this beautiful target justice. So, a few nights ago, I got the chance to catch more than the 2 hours that I had already collected.
Unfortunately, the target is low in the sky and deep into the lp and sure enough Bortle 7. On top of this was the seeing was below average. This 8.5 hours data is pushed (definitely too much) and I had issues with the background. The background is completely full of the local molecular cloud (dust) and I tried both GraXpert and Pixinsight DBE (Adam Block’s guidance) to neutralize the background. I found that Pixinsight’s DBE did a better job (in this case) on preserving the background details. Unfortunately, Adam’s workflow (in his Fundamentals course) ended there. His raw data with only DBE was far better than my finished data! Well, here it is in its present form. I’m sure that this data will be played with a good bit more. Thanks for looking and comments welcome!

Jim

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Status	Advanced success
Started	...
Astrometry.net job	8793480
PixInsight job	DFPSJTP5KOXQJEP1BBDE1VKFWT9JI23T
PixInsight queue size	n/a
PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	03h28m56s.89
RA (top/left)	03h31m33s.82
RA (top/right)	03h31m33s.45
RA (bottom/right)	03h26m18s.11
RA (bottom/left)	03h26m22s.80

Dec (center)	+31°22′15″.3
Dec (top/left)	+30°48′40″.5
Dec (top/right)	+31°56′05″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+31°55′37″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+30°48′13″.8

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