Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star Merope (23 Tau)
Merope Inside M45 the Pleiades, Tommy Mastro
Merope Inside M45 the Pleiades
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Merope Inside M45 the Pleiades

Merope Inside M45 the Pleiades, Tommy Mastro
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Merope Inside M45 the Pleiades

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Merope is a star within Pleiades.  The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier object 45, and Subaru in Japanese (check the logo on the cars of the same name), is one of the more prominent naked eye objects in the sky and, as such, has been known since antiquity, including three mentions in the bible. The Pleiades are embedded in a blue reflection nebula, clearly visible around Merope in this image.

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Merope Inside M45 the Pleiades, Tommy Mastro