NGC 1333 is a reflection nebula located 1,000 lightyears away in the constellation Perseus.
The nebula lies on the edge of a large star-forming region and contains hundreds of stars that are as young as less than one million years old.
![Nebula_NGC1333_001 NGC 1333 - An Interstellar Dust Cloud by Callum Hayton, Southern France. Equipment: Altair Astro 115EDT, Canon 600Da, NEQ6](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/02/NGC1333_Final_JPG-300dpi-550dcf4.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
The glow from these scorching hot young stars is what illuminates NGC 1333 and makes it such a beautiful deep-sky target to observe and photograph.
NGC 1333 was discovered by by German astronomer Eduard Schönfeld in 1855.
Below is a selection of images of nebula NGC 1333 captured by astrophotographers and BBC Sky at Night Magazine readers.
For info on photographing a nebula, read our guide to deep-sky astrophotography and our tutorial on deep-sky image processing.
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![NGC 1333 Dan Crowson, Dark Sky New Mexico, USA, October 2019 and January 2020 Equipment: SBIG STF-8300M mono camera, Astro-Tech AT12RC Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph NGC 1333 Dan Crowson, Dark Sky New Mexico, USA, October 2019 and January 2020 Equipment: SBIG STF-8300M mono camera, Astro-Tech AT12RC Ritchey-Chrétien astrograph](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/14.DanCrowson_NGC1333-1c94a79.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
![Nebula_NGC1333_002](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/02/NGC-1333_DDS_observatory-bfa1e92.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)
![Nebula_NGC1333_003 NGC 1333 by Robert Scott, Northumberland, UK. Equipment: WO 90 Megrez, QHY9m, EQ6 mount](https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/02/CV_NGC-1333-LRGB1crop-8749a3e.jpg?webp=1&w=1200)