Taurus Region

Another one from Cherry Springs, this time centered on Taurus. I realize the orientation is a bit odd, but it’s part of the meandering set of frames I hope to eventually turn into a mosaic. Rigel is the bright star in the lower right, with the nebulosity around Orion’s “head” of Sharpless 264 showing clearly. Near the center is the orangish Aldebaran in Taurus, with they large, loose, open cluster the Hyades scattered around it.

I keep finding it fascination just how much is hidden in plain sight but only comes out in the long exposures. Even though it’s apparent, to the naked eye, that there are waves of stars that pass through Orion, the dark dust bands are not apparent, and most of the nebulosity is simply invisible to the naked eye.