The Taurus Molecular Cloud

TMC-1

Image Credit: ESO/APEX (MPIfR/ESO/OSO)/A. Hacar et al./Digitized Sky Survey 2 and Davide De Martin

The Taurus Molecular Cloud (TMC-1) lies 450 ly away in Taurus and contains many complex molecules. The upper-right part of the dusty filament shown here is Barnard 211, while the lower-left part is Barnard 213.