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A longer look at the Pleiades reveals the faint dust and tendrils of blue nebulae that interconnect the bright blue stars of this bright cluster.

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Image details

Telescope:   William Optics Redcat 71
Length:   350mm
Aperture:   71mm
F-stop:   f/4.66
Sessions:   1
Captured:   2023-11-17 to 2023-11-17
Lights:   102
Exposure:   300
Total exposure:   8 h
Ra:   3h 47m 13.2s
Dec:   +24° 06' 48.347
Size:   098.40 x 101.40 arcmin
Radius:   001.179 deg
Scale:   000.92 arcsec/pixel
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The star Alcyone (η Tau) 25 Tau The star Celaeno (16 Tau) The star Electra (17 Tau) The star Taygeta (q Tau) 19 Tau The star Asterope Sterope I (21 Tau) The star Merope (23 Tau) The star Atlas (27 Tau) The star Pleione (28 Tau) The star Sterope II (22 Tau) The star 18 Tau IC349 Barnards Merope Nebula NGC1432 Maia Nebula NGC1435 Merope Nebula

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