Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  IC 2087
Barnard 22 & IC 2087, Astro-TAPAS
Barnard 22 & IC 2087
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Barnard 22 & IC 2087

Barnard 22 & IC 2087, Astro-TAPAS
Barnard 22 & IC 2087
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Barnard 22 & IC 2087

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Barnard22 & IC 2057

The dark nebula Barnard 22 and the tiny flame-shaped reflection nebula IC 2087 are both part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud.

approximatively 430 light years away towards the constellation Taurus, the Taurus Molecular Cloud, or TMC-1, is smaller and less dense than Orion. The complex contains hundreds of solar masses of dust and gas and all sorts of complex organic molecules formed out of the soot of long-dead stars.

It’s possible with infrared detectors and cameras to see a great number of star forming activity in this zone, but capturing visual images of molecular clouds is no easy task. Much of the Taurus cloud is cool and dark and barely visible at optical wavelengths. But this part of the sky has a rich tapestry of more distant stars, so some dark molecular clouds in TMC-1 stand out by blocking light from the background stars and appearing as unnerving patches of near nothingness.

This image is particular because the reflexion nebulae are blue but the 3 embedded here are orange :

- IC 2057 , the Little Flame, B77, & GN 04.39.1

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  • Barnard 22 & IC 2087, Astro-TAPAS
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    Barnard 22 & IC 2087, Astro-TAPAS
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Barnard 22 & IC 2087, Astro-TAPAS

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