Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  IC 353  ·  Maia nebula  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  The star 32Tau  ·  The star 36Tau  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
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Comet C/2016 R2 PANSTARRS next to Pleiades, Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2016 R2 PANSTARRS next to Pleiades
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Comet C/2016 R2 PANSTARRS next to Pleiades

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Comet C/2016 R2 PANSTARRS next to Pleiades, Pepe Chambó
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Comet C/2016 R2 PANSTARRS next to Pleiades

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Comet C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) photographed on February 4th 2018 during its conjunction with the Pleiades open star cluster (Messier 45). The comet deploys a long blue tail inside our Solar System composed by carbon monoxide ionized because solar wind, whereas that blue nebulosity around star cluster are clouds of interstellar dust (visible for whole image) enlightened by brightest stars. The image is a mosaic composed by three tiles filling a field of 7 x 2 degrees.

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Comet C/2016 R2 PANSTARRS next to Pleiades, Pepe Chambó

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