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Tau-Aur Complex

StarFormingReg SIMBAD SFR 1,462 papers

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Right ascension: 04h 30m 00.00s
Declination: +25° 00′ 00.0″
Galactic l, b: 173.16, -15.91

Also known as

10 identifiers

Aur-Tau Dark CloudTau-AurTau-Aur CloudTau-Aur ComplexTau-Aur Dark CloudTau-Aur DCLDTAU-AUR MCLDTau Aur Molecular CloudTau-Aur RegionTaurus-Auriga

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
Gaia DR2 150897598567361024	Star	150.6″	—
Gaia DR3 150885813177100928	Star	214.9″	—
Gaia DR2 150901717440170624	Star	454.1″	—

Provenance

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Archive	Read at (UTC)	Record
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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/tau-aur-complex · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.