The Seven Sisters
Here’s 20 hours of exposure time on the Pleiades in Taurus… a lot of people call this the “little dipper” since it does look like a tiny one to the eye, but the little dipper is a larger constellation.
Although it’s known as the “seven sisters,” in fact it’s a cluster of a thousand or so stars – and most people see six stars with the naked eye, not seven. Whatever.
The cool thing though is the gorgeous blue reflection nebula this cluster lights up, which emerges with long exposure astrophotography! The processing on this image was very light – apart from the usual calibration and correction steps, there is just a tiny saturation boost on this. It really looks like this.
