The Taurus Dark Cloud (Barnard 22)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , the Taurus Dark Cloud is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:07 (PDT) – 3 hours and 46 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 29° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:45.
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Name
The Taurus Dark Cloud (Barnard 22)
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Object type
Dark nebula
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