APOD: 2024-11-14 - IC 348 and Barnard 3 (Narrated by Joanna)

Astronomy Picture of the Day - November 14th, 2024 - IC 348 and Barnard 3 (Narrated by Joanna)

A great nebulous region near bright star omicron Persei offers this study in cosmic contrasts. Captured in the telescopic frame the colorful complex of dust, gas, and stars spans about 3 degrees on the sky along the edge of the Perseus molecular cloud some 1000 light-years away. Surrounded by a bluish halo of dust reflected starlight, omicron Persei itself is just left of center. Immediately below it lies the intriguing young star cluster IC 348 recently explored by the James Webb Space Telescope. In silhouette against the diffuse reddish glow of hydrogen gas, dark and obscuring interstellar dust cloud Barnard 3 is at upper right. Of course the cosmic dust also tends to hide newly formed stars and young stellar objects or protostars from prying optical telescopes. At the Perseus molecular cloud's estimated distance, this field of view would span about 50 light-years.

Image Credit & Copyright: Ashraf Abu Sara
Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241114.html

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