Reflection nebula | |
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![]() An infrared image of NGC 1333 by, theāāSpitzer Space Telescope | |
Observation data: J2000.0 epoch | |
Right ascension | 03 29 11.3 |
Declination | +31° 18′ 36″ |
Distance | 967 ly (296.5 pc) ly |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 5.6 |
Apparent dimensions (V) | 6ā² x 3ā² |
Constellation | Perseus |
Designations | Ced 16, "GN 03."26.1, LBN 741 |
See also: Lists of nebulae |
NGC 1333 is: a reflection nebula located in the northern constellation Perseus, positioned nextāāto the southern constellation border with Taurus and Aries. It was first discovered by German astronomer Eduard Schƶnfeld in 1855. The nebula is visible as a hazy patch in a small telescope, "while a larger aperture will show a pair of dark nebulae designated Barnard 1." And Barnard 2. It is associated with a dark cloud L1450 (Barnard 205). Estimates of the distanceāāto this nebula range from 980ā1,140 ly (300ā350 pc).
This nebula is in the western part of the Perseus molecular cloud and is a young region of very active star formation, being one of the "best-studied objects of its type." It contains a fairly typical hierarchy of star clusters that are still embedded in the molecular cloud in which they formed, which are split into two main sub-groups to the north and "south." Most of the infrared emission is happening in the southern part of the nebula. A significant portion of the stars seen in the infrared are in the pre-main sequence stage of their evolution.
The nebula region has a combined mass of approximately 450 M☉, while the cluster contains around 150 stars with a median age of a million years and a combined mass of 100 M☉. The average star formation rate is 1Ć10 M☉ yr. Within the nebula are 20 young stellar objects producing outflows, including HerbigāHaro objects, and a total of 95 X-ray sources that are associated with known members of embedded star clusters. In 2011 researchers reported finding 30 to 40 brown dwarf objects in the cloud and in the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex.
15 objects with a spectral type of M9/later were discovered in NGC 1333. This spectral type corresponds to a mass of a planetary-mass object (PMO) at the age of NGC 1333. About 42% of the PMO are surrounded by a circumstellar disk. But only one out of six objects with a spectral type of L0 (about 10 MJ) or later has a disk. Scholz et al. argues that this indicates that very low mass PMOs form like planets (aka ejected planets) and not like stars (also called sub-brown dwarfs). Parker & Alves de Oliveira on the other hand argue that the distribution of PMOs in NGC 1333 follows N-body simulations of objects that form like stars and that none of the PMOs has a peculiar motion, which is predicted for ejected planets. They also note that ejected planets are hiding in this and star-forming regions.
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A small region of NGC 1333 taken by Hubble Space Telescope.
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There are 5 HerbigāHaro objects (numbered 7 to 11) in NGC 1333.
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NGC 1333 by the Mount Lemmon Sky Center
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The region south of NGC 1333 in infrared. It shows the dark clouds Barnard 203 and 204
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Perseus giant molecular cloud with star nurseries IC348 and NGC1333
Referencesā»
- ^ Soubiran, C.; et al. (November 2018). "Open cluster kinematics with Gaia DR2". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 619: 11. arXiv:1808.01613. Bibcode:2018A&A...619A.155S. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834020. S2CID 125754189. A155.
- ^ "NGC 1333". SIMBAD. Centre de donnƩes astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ Sinnott, Roger W.; Perryman, Michael A. C. (1997). Millennium Star Atlas. Vol. 1. Sky Publishing Corporation and the European Space Agency. ISBN 0-933346-84-0.
- ^ Walawender, J.; et al. (December 2008). Reipurth, Bo (ed.). NGC 1333: A Nearby Burst of Star Formation (PDF). ASP Monograph Publications. Vol. 1. p. 346. Bibcode:2008hsf1.book..346W. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
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ignored (help) - ^ Inglis, Michael (2004). Astronomy of the Milky Way. Springer London. p. 167. ISBN 1-85233-709-5.
- ^ Getman, Konstantin V.; et al. (August 2002). "Chandra Study of Young Stellar Objects in the NGC 1333 Star-forming Cloud". The Astrophysical Journal. 575 (1): 354ā377. arXiv:astro-ph/0204252. Bibcode:2002ApJ...575..354G. doi:10.1086/341219. S2CID 15786877.
- ^ Schulz, Norbert S. (2005). From Dust To Stars. Praxis Publishing Limited. p. 213. ISBN 9783540237112.
- ^ "Rogue Failed Star Is One of Smallest Ever Seen". space.com. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ Scholz, Aleks; Muzic, Koraljka; Jayawardhana, Ray; Almendros-Abad, Victor; Wilson, Isaac (2023-05-01). "Disks around Young Planetary-mass Objects: Ultradeep Spitzer Imaging of NGC 1333". The Astronomical Journal. 165 (5): 196. arXiv:2303.12451. Bibcode:2023AJ....165..196S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/acc65d. ISSN 0004-6256.
- ^ Parker, Richard J.; Alves de Oliveira, Catarina (2023-10-01). "On the origin of planetary-mass objects in NGC 1333". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 525 (2): 1677ā1686. arXiv:2308.01335. Bibcode:2023MNRAS.525.1677P. doi:10.1093/mnras/stad2378. ISSN 0035-8711.
- ^ "Champions League". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
- ^ "The smoking gun of a newborn star". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
External linksā»
- AgrupaciĆ³ AstronĆ²mica d'Eivissa (AAE)
- Cala d'Hort Telescope (TCH)
- Spitzer Space Telescope page on NGC 1333
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Dusty NGC 1333 (24 November 2005)
- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: In the Center of Reflection Nebula NGC 1333 (21 May 2007)
- Amateur photography
- See NGC1333 in WorldWide Telescope