The Taurus Dark Cloud (Barnard 22) is a large star obscuring region in the much larger collection of nebulosity known as the Taurus Molecular Cloud in the northern part of the central Milky Way. The small, bright reflection nebula IC 2087 appears near the middle of the dark cloud.

This image is a stack of 161 unguided one-minute exposures taken with my QHY268C and Antlia Triband RGB Ultra II Filter on my AT60ED with 0.8x focal reducer/flattener.

Image Center:	View full size annotated image.
Right Ascension:	4h 38m 1.323s (69° 30m 19.841s)
Declination:	+26° 5m 2.137s
Orientation:	Up is 358.6 degrees East of North.
Image Size:	4.631° x 3.020°	Pixel Scale:	2.695"

Principal objects in field: IC 2087

All identified catalog objects: IC 2087, IC 2088