LBN 782 - Reflection in Taurus (Monty Chandler)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: B10 · B7 · HD27159 · HD283518 · HD283519 · HD283520 · HD283573 · HD283574 · LBN 782

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LBN 782 - Reflection in Taurus

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The Taurus Molecular cloud (TMC-1) is a star-forming region located in the constellation Taurus, about 450 light-years away from Earth. It's one of the closest large star formation regions to Earth. The TMC contains over 400 young stars and a stellar nursery that contains hundreds of newly formed stars. It's also one of the coldest molecular clouds known. The TMC is made of dark stardust, which is cast off from the pulsating cores of sunlike stars. This stardust freezes like microscopic snowflakes in interstellar space, helping to obscure the visible light from the background stars.

LBN 782, also known as Cederblad 30, is a bright blue reflection nebula in the Taurus molecular cloud, along with Barnard 10 & 7 (the dark nebula). It's part of an interesting area in the cloud that contains many dark and reflection nebulae. It is within these dark clouds of dust that stars form.

This image contains 16 hours of overall exposure from Dec 13, 14, & 19, 2023. Taken from my bortle 4 skies in the hills of western North Carolina. Esprit 120 telescope (860mm fl); ASI2600MC camera; EQ6r Pro mount, OPT L-Pro filter.

vdB Reflection Nebula

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RA (center)	04h18m43s.385
RA (top/left)	04h14m31s.130
RA (top/right)	04h20m14s.322
RA (bottom/right)	04h22m55s.682
RA (bottom/left)	04h17m11s.820

Dec (center)	+28°17′20″.78
Dec (top/left)	+28°18′17″.29
Dec (top/right)	+27°25′32″.96
Dec (bottom/right)	+28°15′54″.52
Dec (bottom/left)	+29°09′03″.20

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