Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  13.95  ·  140 Siwa  ·  43 Tau  ·  48 Tau  ·  54 gam Tau  ·  55 Tau  ·  57 h Tau  ·  58 Tau  ·  60 Tau  ·  61 del Tau  ·  63 Tau  ·  64 Tau  ·  68 Tau  ·  70 Tau  ·  71 Tau  ·  73 pi. Tau  ·  74 eps Tau  ·  75 Tau  ·  76 Tau  ·  77 the01 Tau  ·  78 the02 Tau  ·  80 Tau  ·  81 Tau  ·  83 Tau  ·  84 Tau  ·  85 Tau  ·  86 rho Tau  ·  87 alf Tau  ·  89 Tau  ·  91 sig01 Tau  ·  And 27 more.

Image of the day 05/18/2020

    Hyades Star Cluster, Jonathan W MacCollum
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    Image of the day 05/18/2020

      Hyades Star Cluster, Jonathan W MacCollum
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      The Hyades Star Cluster has never really fascinated me much until I got into the hobby of deep sky imaging. As a bright set of stars in the night sky it's commonly known as The Bull from ancient mythology. I didn't know just how much star forming activity was going on in this region of space until my attention was directed to the Large Dark Molecular complex in taurus, and even then I hadn't a clue how far it extended across the sky. This picture depicts some of the further reaching arms of that dark series of nebula. Inside it most prominantly is Aldebaran, the bright yellow star. To the upper left is NGC1647 a far younger open cluster. On the upper edge in the middle is Hind's Variable Nebula(NGC1555) and Struve's Lost Nebula (NGC1554.) Probably my most favorite region of this image is the Sh2-239 reflection nebula sitting in extremely dense molecular cloud LDN1551.

      A comprehensive description of my processing details can be found on my new site. Constructive Criticism is highly encourage as always. I want to continue to get better and improve! Let me know what you guys think! : https://www.darkflats.com/Widefield/Taurus/Hyades/

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      Hyades Star Cluster, Jonathan W MacCollum