NGC 1333, Mine and Spitzer's Overlayed

Mouse-over to see the NASA Spitzer image of this nebula overlayed onto mine.
The newborn stars in this nebula are mostly obscured by the dusty clouds (visible in my image) in which they formed.
Spitzer's infrared camera can peer through this dust. Warm dust shows as red in the Spitzer image and shock fronts appear green.
Note especially the curved S-shaped jets emanating from one young star,as if from a lawn sprinkler.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Gutermuth & A. Porras (CfA)

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