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The Pleiades Star Cluster (Messier 45), Alicia Rossiter
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The Pleiades Star Cluster (Messier 45)

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The Pleiades Star Cluster (Messier 45), Alicia Rossiter
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The Pleiades Star Cluster (Messier 45)

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Messier 45, the  Pleiades Star cluster, AKA: the seven sisters:  -Merope, Electra, Celaeno, Taygeta, Asterope, Maia and Alcyone  - is one of the most beautiful open star clusters, and the Messier object closer to earth at a distance of 444 LY; surrounded by blue nebulosity and dense dust clouds.  This is my first picture of the season, and  the next ones will be zooming in on Maia and Merope.

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The Pleiades Star Cluster (Messier 45), Alicia Rossiter