Observation by Graham Roberts: Taurus Molecular Cloud

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Graham Roberts

Observer

Graham Roberts

Observed

2024 Jan 15 - 22:00

Uploaded

2024 Feb 11 - 15:59

Objects

Barnard 10
Barnard 214

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Constellation

Taurus

Field centre

RA: 04^h20^m
Dec: +27°22'
Position angle: +91°09'

Field size

2°42' × 1°49'

Location

Redhill, Surrey UK

Title

Taurus Molecular Cloud

About this image

Located northeast (left) of Pleiades, south of California Nebula and north (above) of Aldebaran, spanning more than 30^o of the night sky is the Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC), a rich area of dark nebulae punctuated by bright areas of new star formation. Moreover, the TMC is thought to be the nearest star forming region to Earth.

All-in-all, the very large TMC provides many promising imaging opportunities. This image captures numerous, complex dark nebulae across the field-of-view, including Barnard 10 & 214, LDN 1495 & VdB 27, together with bright reflection nebulae LBN 782 & 785 and the odd galaxy – if you look carefully.

For more bacckground and detailed imaging information, please refer to my website here:

https://watchthisspaceman.com/2024/02/11/dark-art-barnard-10-co/

Thank you for looking.

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Taurus Molecular Cloud January 2024 (Large).jpg (440.5 kB)

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