NGC 1333
This image of NGC 1333 was taken using the Mosaic-1 imager and the National Science Foundation’s Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak. This star-forming region, located roughly 1,000 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Perseus, harbors hundreds of newly formed stars less than one million years old. Many of these proto-stars exhibit energetic activity such as jets and strong stellar winds.
Credit:T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
| Id: | noao0706b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | May 16, 2007 |
| Related releases: | noao0706 |
| Related announcements: | noaoann07021 |
| Size: | 4000 x 4064 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 1333 |
| Constellation: | Perseus |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 3 29 3.81 |
| Position (Dec): | 31° 17' 3.20" |
| Field of view: | 34.80 x 35.60 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 438 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical V | 538 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical I | 820 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
| Optical Ha | 657 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |