Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  IC 353  ·  Maia nebula  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
Wide-Field Pleiades, Shenyan Zhang
Wide-Field Pleiades
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This is a 4-frame mosaic. The total exposure time is roughly 4hr (1 hr per frame). The exposures were collected between 2019/1/3 and 2019/1/4 over 2 different nights.

The bluish clouds are illuminated by the young blue stars in the Pleiades. The yellowish clouds are background clouds illuminated by older field stars in the Milky Way

夜空中最美的星。它是位于西方大而明亮的疏散星团,位于金牛座,在晴朗的夜空单用肉眼就可以看到它。它的几个亮星位于昴宿。肉眼通常见到有六、七颗亮星,所以又常被称为是七姊妹星团。它是离我们最近、也是最亮的几个疏散星团之一

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Wide-Field Pleiades, Shenyan Zhang