Pleiades - The Seven Sisters in all their glory (Matteo Marchionni)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: 19 Tau) · 25 Tau) · Barnard's Merope Nebula · IC 349 · IC 354 · Maia Nebula · Merope Nebula · NGC 1432 · NGC 1435 · Sterope I (21 Tau) · The star 18 Tau · The star Alcyone (η Tau · The star Asterope · The star Atlas (27 Tau) · The star Celaeno (16 Tau) · The star Electra (17 Tau) · The star Merope (23 Tau) · The star Pleione (28 Tau) · The star Sterope II (22 Tau) · The star Taygeta (q Tau

Pleiades - The Seven Sisters in all their glory, Matteo Marchionni

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Alcyone, Maia, Merope, Electra, Caleanus, Taygeta and Sterope are the seven nymphs of classical greek and roman mythology, known as the Pleiades. They are the daughters of Atlas and Pleion, also found in the star cluster. Myth has it that Zeus placed them in the sky to save them from Orion, the great hunter who had fallen in love with them (and still "pursues" them in the sky).
Scientifically speaking, that of the Pleiades is perhaps the most famous example of an open cluster, that is, a cluster of stars physically close to each other and linked by a common origin. The beauty of this object lies not only in the color and brightness of its constituent stars but also in the presence of fantastic reflection nebulae that reflect the blue light of the main stars and create delicate drapes of light. The area is also filled with dark nebulae and interstellar dust.

SkyWatcher 72ED, Nikon 5300 unmod
150 subs of 240s, 400ISO, taken between autumn 2021 and winter 2022
Total integration time around 10h

I tried to both enhance the surrounding faint reflection/dark nebulae and the relative luminosity of bright stars. In particoular, I like the colors and glares of principal stars, but also the detail in principal blue reflection nebulae.
I hope you'll enjoy it.

Clear sky to everyone!

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Description: NGC objects in salmon, PGC galaxies in cyan, names of principal stars in yellow

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