Pleyades M45, Alex Vazquez

Pleyades M45

Pleyades M45, Alex Vazquez

Pleyades M45

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The Pleiades (M45) open cluster also called The Seven Sisters is located at about 400 ly in the constellation of Taurus. The cluster is composed of extremely hot and relatively young stars formed around 100 million years ago. The nebulosity around them is actually a cloud of interstellar dust, the cluster is passing through and is thought not to be related to the star formation.

The pictures were taken between the 25th, 26th, 28th of October, and the 2nd of November.

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Pleyades M45, Alex Vazquez