Exploring the Magnetic Field of Lynds 43 Cloud.
Astronomers have used the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope to observe the nearby molecular cloud Lynds 43, revealing a complex and multiple-component magnetic field. The cloud contains a bright starless core embedded within a longer, more diffuse filament, a T-Tauri star, and a young Class I protostar. The magnetic field strengths in different regions of the cloud were calculated to be between 40-160 µG, with an estimated strength of 120-260 µG in the outflow region. The observations also found an alignment between the magnetic field and the outflow cavity walls, which is distinctly different from the magnetic field in the rest of the cloud.