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                       NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus   
                       Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Eder   
      
      Explanation: NGC 1333 is seen in visible light as a reflection nebula,   
      dominated by bluish hues characteristic of starlight reflected by   
      interstellar dust. A mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic   
      constellation Perseus, it lies at the edge of a large, star-forming   
      molecular cloud. This telescopic close-up spans over 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 Herbig-Haro objects, 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   
      hidden from optical telescopes by the 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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