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This is a video zoom into the northern constellation Perseus, crossing 960 light-years of space. We come upon the nebula NGC 1333 that lies on the edge of a gigantic dark cloud of cold molecular hydrogen laced with soot-like dust. This raw material fuels a firestorm of star birth that is taking place inside a dusty cocoon. Parts of it have broken through the veil of dust for the Hubble Space Telescope to see nascent stars creating a fireworks show.

  • Release Date
    April 20, 2023
  • Science Release
    Hubble Celebrates 33rd Anniversary with a Peek into Nearby Star-Forming Region
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  • Credits
    NASA, ESA, STScI, Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Joseph DePasquale (STScI)

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A vertical image with colors ranging from blue at the top to golden in the middle and red at the bottom.

NGC 1333

Astronomers are celebrating NASA's Hubble Space Telescope’s 33rd launch anniversary with an ethereal photo of a nearby star-forming region, NGC 1333. The nebula is in the Perseus molecular cloud, and located approximately 960 light-years away. Hubble's colorful view, showcased...

Color image of NGC 1333 with color key, scale bar, and compass arrows on the left and four small grayscale images of the same field of view in a 2 by 2 grid on the right.

NGC 1333 (Compass Image)

This is a compass graphic for the star-forming region NGC 1333. The left half is a color image of NGC 1333 labeled “NGC 1333, HST WFC3/UVIS”. Four filter labels are in blue (F475W), green (F606W), and red (F657N H-alpha plus NII, and F814W). At bottom a scale bar is labeled 0.2...

A vertical image with colors ranging from blue at the top to golden in the middle and red at the bottom. At the top, a bright blue star is illuminating surrounding clouds of gas, making the top third of the image appear blue. Below the bright star, a couple dozen fainter stars shine yellow. One of them has a fuzzy, golden arc to its left. At the center of the image, a brighter yellow star illuminates surrounding gas. It is partially obscured by dark streaks and clouds of dust, making it resemble the moon on a cloudy evening. The bottom of the image is noticeably darker than the rest, with the exception of a dramatic splash of red almost like a bug splat on a windshield. A handful of faint, red stars also appear there.

Take a Tour of NGC 1333

This is a video tour of the nebula NGC 1333 that lies on the edge of a gigantic dark cloud of cold molecular hydrogen laced with soot-like dust. This raw material fuels a firestorm of star birth taking place inside the dusty cocoon. Parts of it have broken through the veil of...

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Last Updated
Mar 10, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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