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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                 2024 November 14   
      
                               IC 348 and Barnard 3   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Ashraf Abu Sara   
      
      Explanation: A great nebulous region near bright star omicron Persei   
      offers this study in cosmic contrasts. Captured in the telescopic frame   
      the colorful complex of dust, gas, and stars spans about 3 degrees on   
      the sky along the edge of the Perseus molecular cloud some 1000   
      light-years away. Surrounded by a bluish halo of dust reflected   
      starlight, omicron Persei itself is just left of center. Immediately   
      below it lies the intriguing young star cluster IC 348 recently   
      explored by the James Webb Space Telescope. In silhouette against the   
      diffuse reddish glow of hydrogen gas, dark and obscuring interstellar   
      dust cloud Barnard 3 is at upper right. Of course the cosmic dust also   
      tends to hide newly formed stars and young stellar objects or   
      protostars from prying optical telescopes. At the Perseus molecular   
      cloud's estimated distance, this field of view would span about 50   
      light-years.   
      
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