Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2024 September 12
    [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest
                        resolution version available.

                         Young Star Cluster NGC 1333
     Image Credit: [3]ESA/Webb, [4]NASA, [5]CSA, A. Scholz, K. Muzic, A.
                         Langeveld, R. Jayawardhana

   Explanation: [6]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
   [7]Perseus, the nearby star cluster lies at the edge of the large
   Perseus molecular cloud. Part of Webb's deep [8]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 [9]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 [10]hidden from optical telescopes by the [11]pervasive
   stardust. The chaotic environment may be similar to one in which our
   own Sun formed over 4.5 billion years ago.

                     Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space
     __________________________________________________________________

      [12]< | [13]Archive | [14]Submissions | [15]Index | [16]Search |
   [17]Calendar | [18]RSS | [19]Education | [20]About APOD | [21]Discuss |
                                    [22]>
     __________________________________________________________________

    Authors & editors: [23]Robert Nemiroff ([24]MTU) & [25]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([26]UMCP)
          NASA Official: Phillip Newman [27]Specific rights apply.
              [28]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices
                A service of: [29]ASD at [30]NASA / [31]GSFC,
                         [32]NASA Science Activation
                           & [33]Michigan Tech. U.

References

   1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2409/NGC1333Webb.jpg
   3. https://www.esa.int/
   4. https://www.nasa.gov/
   5. https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/
   6. https://esawebb.org/images/potm2408b/
   7. http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/per/index.html
   8. https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12639
   9. https://esawebb.org/videos/potm2408a/
  10. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/224-ssc2005-24-Beautiful-Chaos-of-Star-Birth
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210318.html
  12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240911.html
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
  14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html
  15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html
  16. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html
  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
  19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html
  20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html
  21. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=240912
  22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240913.html
  23. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  24. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  25. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  26. http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  28. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  29. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  30. https://www.nasa.gov/
  31. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  32. https://science.nasa.gov/learners
  33. http://www.mtu.edu/