Local Interstellar Cloud

Local Interstellar Cloud
Interstellar cloud
	Diagram of surrounding stars and artist's conception of the Local Interstellar Cloud
Observation data
Constellation	None, Solar System is inside the nebula
Physical characteristics
Dimensions	30 ly (9.2 pc)
Designations	Local Cloud, LIC
	See also: Lists of nebulae

The Local Interstellar Cloud (LIC), also known as the Local Fluff, is an interstellar cloud roughly 30 light-years (9.2 pc) across, through which the Solar System is moving. This feature overlaps with a region around the Sun referred to as the solar neighborhood.^[2] It is unknown whether the Sun is embedded in the Local Interstellar Cloud, or is in the region where the Local Interstellar Cloud is interacting with the neighboring G-Cloud.^[3] Like the G-Cloud and others, the LIC is part of the Very Local Interstellar Medium which begins where the heliosphere and interplanetary medium end,^[4] the furthest that probes have traveled.

^ "NAME LIC". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
^ Gargaud, Muriel; et al., eds. (2011). "Solar Neighborhood". pp. 1526–1527. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-11274-4_1460. ISBN 978-3-642-11271-3. Retrieved 2022-07-01. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Gilster, Paul (September 1, 2010). "Into the Interstellar Void". Centauri Dreams.
^ Linsky, Jeffrey (2020-03-23), "What lies immediately outside of the heliosphere in the very local interstellar medium (VLISM): morphology of the Local Interstellar Cloud, its hydrogen hole, Stromgren Shells, and 60Fe accretion", Egu General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Copernicus GmbH: 1410, Bibcode:2020EGUGA..22.1410L, doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1410, S2CID 226032795

[SIMBAD-1] "NAME LIC". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved March 15, 2014.

[2] Gargaud, Muriel; et al., eds. (2011). "Solar Neighborhood". pp. 1526–1527. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-11274-4_1460. ISBN 978-3-642-11271-3. Retrieved 2022-07-01. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

[Gilster-unknown-region-3] Gilster, Paul (September 1, 2010). "Into the Interstellar Void". Centauri Dreams.

[Linsky_p.-4] Linsky, Jeffrey (2020-03-23), "What lies immediately outside of the heliosphere in the very local interstellar medium (VLISM): morphology of the Local Interstellar Cloud, its hydrogen hole, Stromgren Shells, and 60Fe accretion", Egu General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Copernicus GmbH: 1410, Bibcode:2020EGUGA..22.1410L, doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-1410, S2CID 226032795

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