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Credit & Copyright: Long Xin
Explanation:
An unassuming region
in the constellation Taurus holds
these dark and dusty nebulae.
Scattered through the scene,
stars in multiple star systems are forming within their natal
Taurus
molecular cloud
complex some 450 light-years away.
Millions of years
young
and still going through stellar adolescence,
the
stars are variable in brightness and in the
late phases
of their gravitational collapse.
Known as
T-Tauri
class stars they tend to be faint and take on a yellowish hue in the image.
One of the brightest T-Tauri stars in Taurus, V773 (aka HD283447)
is near the center of the telescopic frame that spans over 1 degree.
Toward the top is the dense,
dark marking
on the sky cataloged as Barnard 209.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Taurus - dust
Publications with words: Taurus - dust
See also:
- APOD: 2024 September 29 Á Seven Dusty Sisters
- The Dark Seahorse of Cepheus
- NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
- APOD: 2024 January 29 Á The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters
- The Dark Seahorse in Cepheus
- APOD: 2023 March 21 Á Dark Nebulae and Star Formation in Taurus
- APOD: 2023 February 19 Á Seven Dusty Sisters in Infrared