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NGC 1333 Widefield

The Embryo Nebula NGC 1333 located at the western end of the Perseus molecular cloud is one of the most beautiful objects in the late autumn sky.

This star forming region displays some red emission from Herbig-Haro objects, as well as glowing gas emanating from very young stars.

The Perseus OB2 molecular cloud is a giant cloud of dust and gas and spans between Omicron Persei and NGC 1333, an area over 6 degrees wide.

On the upper right, yellowish reflection nebula vdB12 can be seen. Below, the small reflection nebulae vdB13 and vdB16 cast a blue light into the faint nebulosity.

 

Stack of 105 exposures of 4 minutes each at f/5.5, totalling 7 hours.

Taken during 4 nights in September, October and November 2021 in rural Upper Austria with a QHY600C-PH and a Skywatcher Espirt 100 at 550mm focal length. Tracking with Skywatcher EQ6-R, autoguiding with MGEN-3. Processed with Astro Pixel Proxessor, Starnet++ and Photoshop.

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Uploaded on November 27, 2021
Taken on November 27, 2021