Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)
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LBN 816 Region and LDN 1536, Jim Thommes
LBN 816 Region and LDN 1536
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LBN 816 Region and LDN 1536

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LBN 816 Region and LDN 1536, Jim Thommes
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LBN 816 Region and LDN 1536

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The large cloudy nebulosity in this image field is part bright nebula (LBN 816) and dark nebulae (various). This field is part of the larger Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC) about 400 light years distant and is many times larger than this image field. The most prominent dark nebula is LDN 1536 (mostly center) with various other dark structures noted in the TGU, Dobashi, and PGCC (Planck Catalog of Galactic Cold Clumps ).There are several background galaxies - the most notable is LEDA 1671876 with a redshift distance estimate of 211 million light years - others are annotated but have no distance estimates. Toward the lower left is a faint reflection nebula that is noted in several catalogs and also in the Magakian Merged Reflection Nebula catalog (seq. 77). There are four TTau variable stars associated with this reflection structure. These objects and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image. Horizontal FOV is approximately 120 arc minutes. Full size image scale is 2.57 arcsec/pix.

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