A mirror nebula known as NGC 1333 can be seen in the northern constellation of Perseus, close to the southern constellation boundary with Taurus and Aries. The German astronomer Eduard Schönfeld made the initial discovery of it in 1855. The nebula appears as a hazy patch in a small telescope, but a telescope with a greater aperture will see the Barnard 1 and Barnard 2 black nebulae. It is connected to the ominous cloud L1450 (Barnard 205). This nebula's estimated distance is between 980 and 1,140 light years away (300–350 pc).
One of the most well-researched objects of its kind, this nebula is located in the western portion of the Perseus molecular cloud and is a youthful region of extremely active star formation. It comprises a hierarchy of star clusters that is quite typical, divided into two main sub-groups to the north and south and is still entrenched in the molecular cloud where it arose. The southernmost region of the nebula is where the majority of infrared emissions is occurring. The pre-main sequence stage of the evolution is being experienced by a sizeable part of the infrared-observed stars.
The cluster contains over 150 stars with a median age of a million years and a combined mass of 100 M☉, whereas the nebula region has a combined mass of about 450 M☉. The rate of star formation is 10^10-4 M☉ yr-1 on average. There are 20 young star objects, including Herbig-Haro objects, within the nebular that are generating outflows. There are 95 X-ray sources in all that are connected to well-known stars in embedded star clusters. Researchers discovered 30 to 40 brown dwarf objects in the cloud and the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex in 2011, according to their findings.
The data collected for this target was from one night in a bortal 4 location. A total of 2hours 30mins exposure at 30 second sub exposures. The equipment used is listed below:
Scope – Celestron RASA 8
Mount - Skywatcher EQ6 R Pro
Guide scope – ZWO 30mm
Guide Camera – ZWO ASI 120mm mini
Main Camera – ZWO Asi 533mc Pro
Control box – ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Filter – Baader 2" UV/ IR filter
Starizona Filter drawer next to the camera sensor
Fox Halo 96k power bank
Dew heater with its own power bank on the guide scope
Scope – Celestron RASA 8
Mount - Skywatcher EQ6 R Pro
Guide scope – ZWO 30mm
Guide Camera – ZWO ASI 120mm mini
Main Camera – ZWO Asi 533mc Pro
Control box – ZWO ASIAIR Pro
Filter – Baader 2" UV/ IR filter
Starizona Filter drawer next to the camera sensor
Fox Halo 96k power bank
Dew heater with its own power bank on the guide scope
The overall data collection on this target is maybe on the shorter side with sub-exposures potentially needing slightly higher sub-exposure time and more overall data time. Being a winter target based near the Orion constellation, the long winter nights will potentially help with data collection on this target.