The Pleiades distinguishes itself by being the only object on this website that is easily visible to the naked eye, even from an urban location -- that is to say, usually the 6 brightest stars in this open cluster are visible, but the dim areas of blue reflection nebulosity require long exposures to see. The cluster has about 3000 stars in all, and is about 400 lightyears distant.
	Takahashi FSQ106 @ f/5 SBIG STL11K Astrodon I Series RGB BRGB: R=   20 min x 3, 1x1 G=   20 min x 3, 1x1 B=   20 min x 18, 1x1 Processed with CCDsoft, Registar, Neat Image, and Adobe PS.
					M45, aka The Pleiades or Seven Sisters          Click on image to enlarge