The Taurus molecular cloud, of which L1544 is a part, is superimposed onto the 2MASS sky image and the field orientation based on Planck data (IMAGE)

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The Taurus molecular cloud, of which L1544 is a part, is superimposed onto the 2MASS sky image and the field orientation based on Planck data

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The Taurus molecular cloud (grey scale), of which L1544 is a part, is superimposed onto the 2MASS sky image and the field orientation based on Planck data (thin white lines). The HINSA Zeeman spectrum (thick white line) is shown with the fitted Zeeman signature (blue).

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