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Taurus Molecular Cloud 1

(TMC-1, TMC, Taurus Molecular Cloud)
(nearby star-forming region)

The Taurus Molecular Cloud 1 (TMC-1, aka Taurus Molecular Cloud or TMC) is a nearby star-forming region in the constellation Taurus. It is close to us, making it is of interest for study. It is within the Taurus-Auriga Complex, which contains numerous such regions, including Taurus Molecular Cloud 2 (TMC-2). TMC-1 characteristics:

It is large enough in the sky that these low-precision coordinates apply.

I've run across the following correspondences regarding designators for these nebulae but I've also seen conflicting information so I'm not totally convinced:

TMC-1 aka LDN 1534
TMC-2 aka LDN 1529 aka Barnard 18

(cloud,star formation,star-forming region,SFR)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_Molecular_Cloud_1
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/CO-column-density-map-of-the-Taurus-molecular-cloud-containing-the-B213-filament-The_fig5_228095732
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007A%26A...468..353G/abstract
https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803102219396
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~0140pc460lyTaurus Molecular Cloud 1
Coordinates:TMC-1
J0441+2552

Referenced by pages:
molecular cloud
Taurus-Auriga Complex (Tau-Aur Complex)
XMM-Newton

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