Merope Veiled in Dust |
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Merope is one of the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters) The Pleiades are surrounded by dust and gas, forming a bright reflection nebula. This cluster is about 440 Ly from earth (i.e. relatively close) CDK 12.5"; STL11K About 200 min each L,R,G,B nights of Nov 19 and Nov 20, 2015 The entire cluster is shown here: |