This is about 1 hour of data and 24 darks, but only 20 second shots a piece. 3200 ISO. I need to do flats though as well.

Nice! Interesting background color gradient makes it very pretty.

Beautiful shot, Sterling. Would you mind me sharing this on our BAS Facebook page? With the proper attributions, of course. 

I was just reading in James Kaler's "the hundred greatest stars", a book recommended by October speaker James (not Clerk!) Maxwell that the nebulae around the Pleiades is unrelated to the formation of the star cluster -- the cluster is just cruising through the cloud and lighting up the dust, even leaving a wake. I didn't know. So, thanks, Sterling, for the lovely image and for recruiting James Maxwell to speak.