"Dusty Tendrils of Taurus" — 1:2 mosaic LRGB (Håkon Hammer)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: 42 Tau · 44 Tau · 52 Tau) · 59 Tau) · 65 Tau) · 67 Tau) · 69 Tau) · IC 360 · The star 41 Tau · The star 72 Tau · The star 95 Tau · The star Alkalbain I (φ Tau · The star Alkalbain II (χ Tau · The star Alkalbain III (κ1 Tau · The star Alkalbain IV (κ2 Tau · The star Alkalbain V (υ Tau · The star p Tau · The star ψ Tau

"Dusty Tendrils of Taurus" — 1:2 mosaic LRGB, Håkon Hammer

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"Dusty Tendrils of Taurus" — 1:2 mosaic LRGB

Revealing dark tendrils of gas and dust twisting through the sky, curling and intertwining as they stretch outward, reaching for something beyond.

The Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC-1) is an interstellar molecular cloud located in the constellations Taurus and Auriga. This cloud complex hosts a stellar nursery containing hundreds of newly formed stars. At a distance of only 140 parsecs (430 light-years) from Earth, it is possibly the nearest large star formation region to us.

I captured this data shortly after New Year's at my family's cabin, where it's dark—appropriate and almost necessary for an image like this. However, some of my subs were affected by the aurora, so I hadn’t attempted to process the image as I thought it was ruined until now. It was difficult, but with some trial and error, I made it work, and it turned out much better than I anticipated. Enjoy!

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