The golden star at the middle of this image is T Tauri,
the namesake of a whole class of very young, variable
stars. Only about a million years old, T Tauri is still in its
early stages of formation and hasn't quite settled down into a
steady condition yet. Since T Tauri is variable, so too is
the nebula illuminated by it, though the two don't seem
to be in synch with one another, which is a bit of a mystery
regarding this object. The nebula was discovered in 1852 by John
Russell Hind, thus explaining its name. T Tauri and the associated
nebula are 460 light years from earth.

Image Data:
Camera: SBIG STL-11000
Exposure: 10 3/4 hours (7 hours Luminance, 75 minutes each RGB)
Telescope: 12.5" Hyperion