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      Perseus Dust and nebulosity, NGC 1333 (LRGB)
      Wallpaper author:
      Judith Prana

      24 Jan 2026

      Perseus Dust and nebulosity, NGC 1333 (LRGB)

      NGC 1333 is a dust-rich region, where bright stars illuminate the surrounding clouds of gas and dust, creating the characteristic blue glow typical of reflection nebulae. Approximately 960–1,000 light-years away in the Perseus molecular cloud, it features hundreds of young stars (less than 1 million years old), intense stellar winds, and Herbig-Haro objects, embedded within dense dust clouds that often obscure the stellar birth process. Approx. 10 hrs worth of LRGB data from the Telescope Live remote observatory in Almeria, Spain. Pre and Post processing in Pixinsight, with final touches using Paintshop Pro and Topaz plugin tool.

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      Nebulae and Dust in Perseus

      7 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      SPA-1-CMOS
      • Type of target
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        Integrated Flux Nebula
      • Camera
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        QHY 600M
      • Target coordinates
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        RA 54.1792 Dec 31.6042
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Northern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Spain
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
        ............................................................................................................................
        12 Oct 2023 - 18 Nov 2023
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Blue3002h30m30
      Luminance3002h30m30
      Red3002h30m30
      Green3002h30m30

      Perseus Dust and nebulosity, NGC 1333 (LRGB)