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Storm clouds appeared at dusk, though the worst of the storms didn't arrive until early the following morning. A massive change in the weather, from 30C down to about 18C, & my parched garden has had rain on it at last.
The Cloud of Taurus is a region of the Orion Arm composed mainly of large dark nebulae, very evident as they obscure the light of the stars of our Galaxy in the direction of the constellations of Taurus.
The complex is about 460 light years away from us; Unlike other vast nebulae complexes, this cloud does not appear illuminated and therefore visible because in its vicinity there are no young and hot stars that excite and ionize the gases, which therefore remain neutral. In the region there are some stars of great importance, first of all the famous T Tauri, the prototype of a class of very young variable stars associated with nebulosity, the T Tauri variables.
MARUGGIO - ITALY - 1/2 JANUARY 2022 - SQM 20.55
36X600sec -10° Badeer UV/IR Cut Filter
42X600sec -10° IDAS LPS-D2
15 Dark
15 Flat
9 Dark Flat
Takahashi FS-60CB + Reducer 0,72x + focuser Esatto2 Primalucelab
Camera ZWO ASI 2600 Color
Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro
Pegasus Astro Pocket Powerbox Advance.
Software SGP, PixInsight, Photoshop 2021
A view out the plane window before taxiing for takeoff from Austin. I found converting to Black & White brought out a nice total contrast in the white's, gray's, and black's of the clouds.