Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Aries (Ari)  ·  Contains:  NGC 1333
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region, Jim Thommes
NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region, Jim Thommes
NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region
Powered byPixInsight

NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

This image shows the open cluster NGC 1333 / reflection nebula vdB 17 (Ced 16). Also included are vdB 13 and vdB 16. This region is the western part of the large star forming region called the Perseus Molecular Cloud.  Also in this region are dark nebulae Barnard 202 through 206 as well as a few background galaxies. The various components of the Perseus Molecular cloud are about 1,000 light years distant. These objects and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image.

Comments

Revisions

  • Final
    NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region, Jim Thommes
    Original
    NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region, Jim Thommes
    B

B

Title: NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region - Annotated

Uploaded: ...

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

NGC 1333 and vdB 16 Region, Jim Thommes