Zoom to NGC 1333

This is a video zoom into the northern constellation Perseus, crossing 960 light-years of space. We come upon the nebula NGC 1333 that lies on the edge of a gigantic dark cloud of cold molecular hydrogen laced with soot-like dust. This raw material fuels a firestorm of star birth that is taking place inside a dusty cocoon. Parts of it have broken through the veil of dust for the Hubble Space Telescope to see nascent stars creating a fireworks show.