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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Young Star Cluster NGC 1333
NASA ^ | 12 Sep, 2024 | Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A. Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana

Posted on 09/12/2024 12:07:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber

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.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.

1 posted on 09/12/2024 12:07:52 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 09/12/2024 12:08:16 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 09/12/2024 12:08:41 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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It looks like a duck. Don’t tell the Haitians.


4 posted on 09/12/2024 12:35:36 PM PDT by IC Ken (If the government can just print Money why do I have to pay taxes?)
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A dusty duck. A dark dusty duck.


5 posted on 09/12/2024 12:55:38 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: MtnClimber

Those ‘Youngstars’ think they’re all that and a bag of chips. I have no time for their foolishness. ;)

Breathtaking, as usual. :)


6 posted on 09/12/2024 1:04:45 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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I see someone with his mouth wide open and using his left index finger to clean out the food stuck in his teeth.


7 posted on 09/12/2024 3:03:30 PM PDT by Deaf and Discerning
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I see someone with his mouth wide open and using his left index finger to clean out the food stuck in his teeth.

I see that too. They got cheeseburger stuck in their teeth.

8 posted on 09/12/2024 4:55:24 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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Questions:

Why are there blacked-out spaces on the image?

What are they hiding from us?

What is it which they do not want us to see?

Inquiring minds want to know.

There were similar things on the images of the rovers on Mars! ( ? )


9 posted on 09/12/2024 10:08:43 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (We are very sorry, Mr. Franklin. We were not able to keep it! ;-()
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