Key facts
- Right ascension
- 03 29 11.3
- Declination
- +31 ° 18 ′ 36 ″
- Distance
- 967 ly (296.5 pc ) ly
- Apparent dimensions v
- 6 ′ x 3 ′
- Constellation
- Perseus
- Designations
- Ced 16, GN 03.26.1, LBN 741
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- declination
- 31.3700
- right ascension
- 52.3000
- time of discovery or invention
- 1855-12-31
- catalog code
- [RK68] 12
- spectral class
- B0p
- Commons category
- NGC 1333
- apparent magnitude
- 10.9
- right ascension component of proper motion
- 5.51
- declination component of proper motion
- -10.28
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NGC 1333 is a reflection nebula located in the northern constellation Perseus, positioned next to the southern constellation border with Taurus and Aries. It was first discovered by German astronomer Eduard Schönfeld 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 distance to this nebula range from 980–1,140 ly (300–350 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.