Image Description and Details :

This is part of the Taurus Molecular cloud complex apparently located about halfway between the Pleiades and Aldebaran and about ~430 l.y. from here. The shape of the nebula reminds me of a darker version of the Eagle Nebula's Pillars of Creation, leading to my title. Also captured, though only as 6 small smears, is a 70km-wide asteroid called 322 Phaeo (discovered 1891) which was moving through the area at the time. I shot this nebula was shot in Bortle 1 skies over 6 nights at the 2021 Okie-Tex Star Party in Western Oklahoma during early October 2021. Transparency throughout the week was mediocre so only 16 hours of a larger 26 hour total was used for stacking. William Optics Star71-II APO (345mm FL, f/4.9)ZWO ASI1600MM-P at Gain 76 & -10C, ZWO LRGB filtersLum: 316 x 120"(Rx62, Gx56, Bx64) x 120"APT for capture, PixInsight for stacking & processing

Copyright: Brent Newton

This image is a small part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud centered near the variable star 44 Tauri.
Below star 44 Tau extends through center of field the large faint nebula called IC 360. Lower center and left are bright dusty nebulas Barnard 208 and B 210. Center right is located LBN 777 also known as the Baby Eagle nebula. In the upper left are B 209, B 211 and B 10.

• Object:    IC 360, LBN 777, B 208, B 209, B 210, B 211.

• Exposure:   22 x 300s (L) + 12 x 300s (R) + 12 x 300s (G) + 12 x 300s (B).

• Processing:    PixInsight Core 1.8.

• Telescope:    Takahashi FSQ-106EDX3 on EM-200Temma2M. Seletek Armadillo / Focusmax.

• Camera:    Andor Apogee U16M / AFW-50-7S ( - 20ºC ). Astrodon E-Series genII filters.

• Guiding:    FS-60CSV, QHY-5, PHDguiding.

• Date:    2ndof December 2019

• Copyright: Iñaki Lizaso