SBIG ST8300C, Total 4:10 hours = RGB 50x5 min
Boren-Simon 2.8-8 ED OTA - http://www.powernewts.com - EQ6 mount, guided w/PHD and EQMOD
This image is 1000 pixels wide.

The bright orange star at the center of this image, is the renowned T Tauri(94-tau-Tauri), a well-known KOIIIe variable star ranging in magnitude from 8.5 to 13.5.
(see http://dg-imaging.astrodon.com/gallery/display.cfm?imgID=109).

A whole class of variable stars is named after T Tauri. Before turning to Hind's Variable Nebula, a few words about T Tauri stars:
(see http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/T/TTauri.html):

A very young, lightweight star, less than 10 million years old and under 3 solar masses, that it still undergoing gravitational contraction; it represents an intermediate stage between a protostar and a low-mass main sequence star like the Sun.

T Tauri stars are found only in nebulae or very young clusters, have low-temperature (G to M type) spectra with strong emission lines and broad absorption lines. They are more luminous than main sequence stars of similar spectral types, and they have a high lithium abundance, which is a pointer to their extreme youth, as lithium is rapidly destroyed in stellar interiors.

T Tauri stars often have large accretion disks left over from stellar formation. Their erratic brightness changes may be due to instabilities in the disk, violent activity in the stellar atmosphere, or nearby clouds of gas and dust that sometimes obscure the starlight.

Two broad T Tauri types are recognized based on spectroscopic characteristics that arise from their disk properties: classic T Tauri and weak-lined T Tauri stars. Classical T Tauri stars have extensive disks that result in strong emission lines. Weak-lined T Tauri stars are surrounded by a disk that is very weak or no longer in existence. The weak T Tauri stars are of particular interest since they provide astronomers with a look at early stages of stellar evolution unencumbered by nebulous material. Some of the absent disk matter may gone into making planetesimals, from which planets might eventually form. According to one estimate, about 60% of T Tauri stars younger than 3 million years may possess dust disks, compared with only 10% of stars that are 10 million years old. Infant star relatives of T Tauris include FU Orionis stars.

The nearest T Tauri stars occur in the Taurus molecular cloud and the rho Ophiuchus Cloud, both about 460 light-years (140 parsecs) away. They are named after the prototype T Tauri.

Just nearby T Tauri (40" away) is a dusty yellow cosmic cloud historically known as Hind's Variable Nebula (NGC 1555/1554). Over 400 light-years away, at the edge of a molecular cloud, both star and nebula are seen to vary significantly in brightness but not necessarily at the same time, adding to the mystery of the intriguing region (see apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap071213.html).