Instrument

Takahashi FSQ-106ED @ f/5.0 (530 mm F.L.) Captured at 2.1 arcsec/pixel.  Shown at 3.83 and 9.20 arcsec/pixel.

Mount

Paramount MyT

Camera

SBIG STF-8300M Self Guiding Package w/ mono ST-i, using AstroDon LRGB filters.

Acquisition Data

1/11/2016 to 2/11/2016  Chino Valley, AZ with CCD Commander & CCDSoft. 

Exposure

 RGB ratios are 1.00, 1.00, 1.00

Software

• CCDSoft, PixInsight & Photoshop CS6.

• PixInsight processing includes calibration, registering, stacking, LRGB creation, gradient removal, non-linear stretching with HistogramTransformation and detail enhancement with HDRMultiscaleTransform.

• PhotoShop for the final touch up.

• Noiseware 5, a PhotoShop plug-in.

Comment

North is to the top.

The reflection nebula, NGC 1333, is a star forming region located 1,000 light-years from Earth toward the constellation Perseus. As part of the Perseus molecular cloud, the area contains many interesting objects, including a bright blue and several yellow reflection nebulae. Most interestingly are several Herbig-Haro (HH) objects, located just to the left of the image center. These small patches of nebulosity are associated with newly born stars. The stars form the clouds by injecting narrow jets of gas.