Taurus Molecular Cloud (Ross Clark)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: Barnard's Merope Nebula · California Nebula · IC 341 · IC 349 · IC 353 · IC 354 · IC 360 · Maia Nebula · Merope Nebula · NGC 1432 · NGC 1435 · NGC 1499 · NGC 1647 · Part of the constellation Perseus (Per) · Part of the constellation Taurus (Tau) · The star Aldebaran (αTau) · The star Atik (ζPer) · The star Atlas (27Tau) · The star Electra (17Tau) · The star γTau · The star δ1Tau · The star εTau · The star ηTau · The star θ2Tau · The star οPer

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The image shows the extensive dust clouds that lie within Taurus and up to Perseus, the brown/orange dust runs from bottom left, through the centre and up to the open cluster IC 348.

This sits between, on the left, California Nebula with it’s Hydrogen cut through the constellation Perseus and, on the right, the rich blue light of the Pleiades with the lighter bluer dust reflections that surround it.

Coming down from Pleiades we pass in to the Hyades open cluster as well as Hind’s Variable Nebula and Sh 2-239 among the orange dust before reaching the eye of the bull itself, Aldebaran.

This 70mm scene from a full frame camera really covers the full gamut of astronomical targets and shows the beauty that lies just beyond our own sight.

I hope you enjoy the view.

44x120s lights and full calibration, processed in PixInsight and Photoshop

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Canon EF L 70-200mm f/2.8 at 70mm f/3.5

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Image taken with no filters and unguided from Bortle 3 skies in Northumberland UK on 18th Nov 2020

To see more of my work, I am on Instagram as AstroPhotoRoss

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