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This stunning new mosaic of images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope showcases the nearby star-forming cluster, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and located approximately 960 light-years away.
Webb’s superb sensitivity allows astronomers to investigate young objects with extremely low masses. Some of the faintest ‘stars’ in the picture are in fact newly born free-floating brown dwarfs with masses comparable to those of giant planets.
The same cluster was featured as the 33rd anniversary image of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in April of 2023. Hubble’s image just scratched the surface of this region, because clouds of dust obscure much of the star formation process. Observing with a larger aperture and in the infrared part of the spectrum, Webb is capable of peering through the dusty veil to reveal newborn stars, brown dwarfs and planetary mass objects.
The centre of the image presents a deep peek into the heart of the NGC 1333 cloud. Across the image we see large patches of orange, which represent gas glowing in the infrared. These so-called Herbig-Haro objects form when ionised material ejected from young stars collides with the surrounding cloud. They are hallmarks of a very active site of star formation.
Many of the young stars in this image are surrounded by discs of gas and dust, which may eventually produce planetary systems. On the right hand side of the image, we can glimpse the shadow of one of these discs oriented edge-on — two dark cones emanating from opposite sides, seen against a bright background.
Similarly to the young stars in this mosaic, our own Sun and planets formed inside a dusty molecular cloud, 4.6 billion years ago. Our Sun didn’t form in isolation but as part of a cluster, which was perhaps even more massive than NGC 1333. The cluster in the mosaic, only 1–3 million years old, presents us with an opportunity to study stars like our Sun, as well as brown dwarfs and free-floating planets, in their nascent stages.
The images were captured as part of the Webb observation programme 1202 (PI: A. Scholz) to survey a large portion of NGC 1333. These data constitute the first deep spectroscopic survey of the young cluster, and have identified brown dwarfs down to planetary masses using the observatory’s Near-InfraRed Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS). The first results from this survey have been accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal.
[Image Description: A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the centre, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colours show clouds that glow in infrared light.]
Credits: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana; CC BY 4.0
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Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
This Blue Lavandin attracts a lot of bees. That encouraged me to try some closeup shots. The effort gave me a new appreciation for macro insect photography. It was hard to get the right part of the bee in focus.
Another one from my archives, this time of my button-front Laura Ashley dress. I'm keen to get this one out again, but those long sleeves mean that it will have to wait for the cooler weather,
bhutanese kids peeking out at us.
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Friday's we normally have baby Joshua and after I returned from the gym, there he was ready to play!! So, it was hide and seek that developed into a peek-a-boo session and here is Joshua sneaking a peek between the kitchen wall and a wall radiator!
Friday's are fun and this little guy always makes me love our time together!!
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My winter Gladioli are flowering at the moment. A really bright orange.red sight with the gathering stormy weather. This grup are only peeking out of their bud!
This is one of the ornamental cannons at the base of the monument for the union soldiers that died in battle. It's located at Trophy Point, U.S.M.A., West Point New York.
"Peeking Rainbow:" The Granite Dells in Prescott and Mingus Mountain beyond catch the fading rays of sun as it set behind me through the clouds. Sometimes it pays to turn around!
i'm not too big on self portraits, so i'll let these shots of the pups express my mood. we've been just a mite lazy the last few weeks.
Caught this young moorhen peeking over the swan pond wall at Culzean Castle, South Ayrshire, Scotland.
Happy Slider Sunday
The sunflower was taken with the house wall in the background, so it needed some fixing.
Edited in Lightroom 5 and Photoshop. Texture Bluesky by SkeletalMess.
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EXPLORED ON 27 JULY 2009 - # 307
Another one of my friend, from our photo shoot last week. Here she is playing Peek a Boo with the camera. Hope you enjoy it.
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Photographed with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II, and Leica R Summilux 80mm F1.4 Lens, with B+W UV + Haze Filter. Handheld.
The Leica Glass on a Canon body, combines the best of both worlds. Manual Lens with Digital body. Old school with new technology. It just rocks.
Because this is not a canon compatible lens, but has been used with an adaptor, the lens info will not reflect correctly in the EXIF data.
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Who's peeking over the treetops? I'm gonna guess that the focus on the treetop was an accident. I was most likely going for the giraffe, but I loved the artistic mood it had, so it became a "keeper" image.
From the series "INTO AFRICA"
This Sweet Scabious - Scabiosa atropurpurea blown by the wind peeks its head around our glass artwork in Mr T's dry garden. A pretty - tall - plant that looks well in the raised bed.
"Position: full sun
Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil
Rate of growth: average
Flowering period: June to August
Hardiness: fully hardy, short-lived perennial
Fragrant lilac-purple to claret-red flowers, top wiry stems for several months from early summer. These button-like flowers are rich in nectar, so act as a magnet to beneficial insects such as bees and butterflies, which makes them ideal for wildlife-friendly gardens. Plant them in naturalised drifts or clumps through the herbaceous border, making sure you have some extras that can be used for cut flowers." www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/scabiosa-atropurpurea/classid.2...
A peek at this little mushroom through the fence. We came across this on the Big Pines Trail in Algonquin Park... protecting an old logging operation and a huge felled white pine.
I’m gonna hug him and pet him and call him George.
August 25, 2007 -- Seattle Flickr Meetup hike to Snow Lake at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington. Photo by Adam Lyon.
A tiny hover fly, a little dewdrop on it's head, peeped at me
from the center of a bedding Begonia flower head.