This image contains a sprawl of fascinating objects along the edge of the Taurus molecular cloud, located 500 light-years away. This 3 degree wide FOV is 30 light years wide.
LDN 1495 is the long dark cloud running through the lower half of this image. Other highlights of the image include:
- vdB 27, the white reflection nebula at top left. This reflection nebula spans 6 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to a width of 1 light year. The nebula is associated with the young star V* RY Tau (RY Tauri), a 9.3 magnitude Orion Variable star. Eventually the star will clear out all of the dust and gas on its way to becoming a main sequence star like our sun. My previous image of this object taken with my C11 setup is
here.
- Cederblad 30, the blueish reflection nebula at top, just right of center.
- CW Tau, at top right. This object is a young T-Tauri class star emerging from the remnants of its birth cloud, seen illuminating a reflection nebula.
- 6 Barnard dark nebulae scattered throughout the image.
- At least 25 small galaxies are seen in the background, many of which are identified on the mouseover.
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