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                              2021 November 11
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                    NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Michael Sherick

   Explanation: NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a [5]reflection
   nebula, dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected
   by interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the
   heroic constellation [6]Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large,
   [7]star-forming molecular cloud. This telescopic close-up 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
   telltale hints of contrasty red emission from [8]Herbig-Haro objects,
   [9]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 [10]hidden from optical telescopes by the [11]pervasive
   stardust. The chaotic environment may be similar to one in which our
   own Sun formed over 4.5 billion years ago.

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