Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  IC 359

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    LBN 782 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
    LBN 782 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory
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    LBN 782 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

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      LBN 782 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
      LBN 782 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory
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      LBN 782 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

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      LBN 782 first time with RH305. Very cool target. From APOD...

      This complex of dusty nebulae lingers along the edge of the Taurus molecular cloud, a mere 450 light-years distant. Stars are forming on the cosmic scene. Field of view includes some youthful T-Tauri class stars embedded in the remnants of their natal clouds at the right. Millions of years old and still going through stellar adolescence, the stars are variable in brightness and in the late phases of their gravitational collapse. Their core temperatures will rise to sustain nuclear fusion as they grow into stable, low mass, main sequence stars, a stage of stellar evolution achieved by our middle-aged Sun about 4.5 billion years ago. Another youthful variable star, V1023 Tauri, can be spotted on the left. Within its yellowish dust cloud, it lies next to the striking blue reflection nebula Cederblad 30, also known as LBN 782. Just above the bright bluish reflection nebula is dusty dark nebula Barnard 7.

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