A star-forming region reminiscent of the birth of the ancient solar system, and the release of the Hubble Telescope’s 33rd Anniversary Commemorative Image | sorae space portal site

This is about 960 light-years away in the direction of Perseus.Reflection Nebula NGC 1333He is. A reflection nebula is a nebula in which a molecular cloud (a collection of gas and dust) glows when it reflects the light of a star. NGC 1333 is also known as a star forming region where new stars are born from gas and dust.

this pictureHubble Space TelescopeCreated based on data obtained in December 2022 and March 2023 with the “Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3)” (using a total of four types of UV, visible light, and infrared filters).

The top of NGC 1333 is pale blue because the nebula’s dust (which basically looks like soot) reflects bright starlight near the top of the image. According to the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which operates the Hubble Space Telescope, the upper part of the nebula has violent stellar winds that appear to be coming from this star.

Near the center of the picture is a scene reminiscent of the sun shining behind the clouds. Here is another hot star obscured by filaments of dust through which light can be seen leaking. Because dust tends to absorb and scatter short-wavelength light (blue light), nearby stars appear redder than they really are.

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Near the center of the nebula, the lower edge of the image is covered in dust, and the whole area is dark. The bright red color is light from ionized hydrogen, and is said to come from the thin jets of young stars just outside the field of view.

According to STScI, this Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 1333 shows an example of a dust-rich molecular cloud that formed about 4.6 billion years ago. It is believed that the solar system was not isolated at the time of its formation, but was in a field of star formation activity that is thought to be denser and more extensive than NGC 1333.

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The image of NGC 1333 at the beginning is33rd anniversary of the launch of the Hubble Space TelescopeIn memory of this, it was released on April 20, 2023 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA).

Since its launch on April 24, 1990 on the space shuttle Discovery, a special astrophoto has been released every year to celebrate the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope. According to STScI, the Hubble Space Telescope has so far made about 1.6 million observations of about 52,000 celestial bodies.

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• Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI
• NASA – Hubble celebrates its 33rd anniversary with a sneak peek at a nearby star-forming region
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• STScI Hubble celebrates its 33rd anniversary with a sneak peek at a nearby star-forming region

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