Galactic Nebula NGC 1333: Close to the edge of a large molecular cloud in the constellation of Perseus lies a huge starforming region in a distance of only approx. 1000 LY. Most of the stars are younger than 1 Mill. years and are still hidden behind dense gas and dust veils. Sometimes the protostars show themselves by jets penetrating the cloud as can be recognized especially in the Hi-Res version of this image, which is dominated by a beautiful reflection nebula.

An image of the same region with infa-red light taken by the Spitzer space telecope can be seen here.