This is a portrait of the dust-filled region of sky in Taurus that frames the Hyades star cluster (at bottom) with bright yellow Aldebaran, up to the
This is a portrait of the dust-filled region of sky in Taurus that frames the Hyades star cluster (at bottom) with bright yellow Aldebaran, up to the blue Pleiades star cluster (M45) at top. At left are the dense, dark brown Taurus Molecular Clouds catalogued by Barnard in the early 20th century with various B numbers such as B209 and B19. This is a stack of 48 x 2-minute exposures with the rare Samyang RF85mm lens stopped down to , on the Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800. The lens was equipped with a 77mm Nisi Clear Night broadband light pollution reduction filter which helps improve contrast and reduce sky gradients. The camera was on the Star Adventurer 2i tracker for tracked but unguided exposures over 100 minutes. Taken from home on a very clear night November 17/18, 2023. All frames stacked, registered and processed in Photoshop, with luminosity masks and filters applied to bring out the fainter nebulosity such as the brown dark clouds and faint wisps of blue reflection nebulosity. Plus the blending in of a "starless layer" helped emphasize the nebulosity over the starry background.
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Photo credit: © Alan Dyer / VWPics / Alamy / Afripics
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