Taurus-Auriga Complex
(Tau-Aur Complex, Taurus Dark Clouds, Taurus-Auriga SFR, Taurus-Auriga Region)
(nearby star-forming region)
The Taurus-Auriga Complex is a star-forming region (SFR)
in the constellation Taurus, consisting of many individual clouds,
including Taurus Molecular Cloud 1 (TMC-1) and
Taurus Molecular Cloud 2 (TMC-2).
Variant terms are used for it, e.g.,
Taurus Dark Clouds, Taurus-Auriga SFR, and Taurus-Auriga Region.
At 130 parsecs, it is the nearest SFR to us,
thus is useful to study.
It is 30 parsecs across and contains 35,000 solar masses of material.
The Perseus Complex (aka Perseus Molecular Cloud) is adjacent,
and the two are sometimes considered as a larger single entity,
i.e., the Taurus Auriga Perseus Complex. The designator prefix
TAP is used for some stars within the cloud complex that were
found in an X-ray survey.
(stars,star-forming region,SFR)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_Molecular_Cloud
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...698..242T/abstract
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=Tau-Aur+Complex
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/w3browse/all/vlagbstau.html
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
~0 | 130pc | 420ly | | Taurus-Auriga Complex |
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Coordinates: | Tau-Aur Complex J0430+2500 |
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Referenced by pages:
Gould's Belt
Lick Observatory Calcium Line Survey (LkCl)
molecular cloud
solar mass (MSun)
T association
Taurus Molecular Cloud 1 (TMC-1)
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