T Tauri
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T Tauri is a trinary variable star in the constellation Taurus, the prototype of the T Tauri stars. It was discovered in October 1852 by John Russell Hind. T Tauri appears from Earth amongst the Hyade
Hubble image of T Tauri N and the silhouette of the circumbinary ring around T Tauri S. Image was taken in 2005 in ultraviolet.
A widefield image showing the reflection nebula and clouds of dust. Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona.
NGC 1555
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NGC 1555, sometimes known as Hind's Variable Nebula, Sh2-238 or HH 155, is a variable nebula 4 light years across, illuminated by the star T Tauri, located in the constellation Taurus. It is 400 light
T Tauri
…cluster, not far from ε Tauri, but it is actually 318 light-years behind it and not a member of the cluster. The cloud to the west of the system is NGC 1555, known more commonly as Hind's Variable Nebula. Although this system is considered to be the prototype of T Tauri stars, a later phase in a protostar's…
A near-infrared image of NGC 1555