Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 341  ·  IC 349  ·  IC 353  ·  IC 354  ·  IC 360  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 37Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau  ·  The star κ1Tau  ·  The star υTau  ·  The star φTau  ·  The star ω2Tau
Pleiades and Taurus Molecular Cloud, Temu Nana
Pleiades and Taurus Molecular Cloud
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Pleiades and Taurus Molecular Cloud

Pleiades and Taurus Molecular Cloud, Temu Nana
Pleiades and Taurus Molecular Cloud
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Pleiades and Taurus Molecular Cloud

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The Taurus Molecular Cloud—of which a part is seen here—is likely the closest star forming region to Earth at a distance of approx. 450LY. The Pleiades star cluster can be seen on the right-hand side, and the head of Taurus is just off the left-hand side of the image.

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Pleiades and Taurus Molecular Cloud, Temu Nana