An image centred on the small reflection nebula NGC 1333 located in Perseus. An even smaller nebula can be seen at the bottom of the frame, VdB 16. Several dark nebulae are also framed: B1, B2, and B202-6.
Date: December 16, 2009
Constellations: Perseus and Aries
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Optics: Borg 77EDII at f/4.3 on Vixen SX Sphinx Mount
Camera: Hutech modified Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 79 RAW light frames of 90 seconds, ISO 1600
Processing: Light frames calibrated with 20 dark frames and 25 flat frames in ImagesPlus. Background neutralized, light frames combined using MinMax Excluded, and background smoothing applied.