Roberto Colombari
NGC1333 Subaru and own data
The widefield version (B) has been recorded through DeepSkyWest with a Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII and QSI683.
The composition is LRGB with the following exposure data:
L: 28x900s
RGB: (16, 16, 16)x900s
Copyright: R. Colombari
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I have 5x drizzled the above mentioned data and combined with 40 sessions, in the I+ band, recorded in 2006 by the Suprime-Cam of the Subaru telescope.
All the 40*10 (10 is the number of chips) frames of the Suprime-Cam have been calibrated with flats and bias.
I+ panels: 400
Copyright: NAOJ / R. Colombari
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Explanation: NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by 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 view 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 hints of contrasting 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.
Source: APOD
NGC1333 Subaru and own data
The widefield version (B) has been recorded through DeepSkyWest with a Takahashi FSQ106EDXIII and QSI683.
The composition is LRGB with the following exposure data:
L: 28x900s
RGB: (16, 16, 16)x900s
Copyright: R. Colombari
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I have 5x drizzled the above mentioned data and combined with 40 sessions, in the I+ band, recorded in 2006 by the Suprime-Cam of the Subaru telescope.
All the 40*10 (10 is the number of chips) frames of the Suprime-Cam have been calibrated with flats and bias.
I+ panels: 400
Copyright: NAOJ / R. Colombari
______________________________
Explanation: NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by 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 view 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 hints of contrasting 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.
Source: APOD