Explanation: about 450 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus (the Bull) there’s a hydrogen filament filled with newborn stars that are hidden from view by interstellar dust. It’s the sky fascination.

Skywatcher 80 ED f6 
Orion Atlas EQ-G mount
CCD SBIG ST 8300 ( cooled – 5°C)
Lum: 13.46 hours (uv-ir cut filters); 
crom: R 5.46, G (R/B), B 5.18
Capture: CCDOps, PHD Guiding
Processing: Astroart, Pic Tools, Photoshop CS3
acquired on sept 2010-febr.2011 (2010/09/12; 2010/10/09; 2010/12/10; 2011/01/08; 2011/02/5-6)