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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                 2024 September 12   
      
                            Young Star Cluster NGC 1333   
       Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld,   
                                  R. Jayawardhana   
      
      Explanation: This spectacular mosaic of images from the James Webb   
      Space Telescope peers into the heart of young star cluster NGC 1333. A   
      mere 1,000 light-years distant toward the heroic constellation Perseus,   
      the nearby star cluster lies at the edge of the large Perseus molecular   
      cloud. Part of Webb's deep exploration of the region to identify low   
      mass brown dwarf stars and free floating planets, the space telescope's   
      combined field of view spans nearly 2 light-years across the dusty   
      cluster's turbulent stellar nursery. In fact, NGC 1333 is known to   
      harbor stars less than a million years old, though most are 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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