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Credit & Copyright: Mount Wilson Observatory
Explanation:
The Pleiades star cluster, M45, is one of the brightest star clusters visible
in the northern hemisphere. It consists of many bright, hot stars
that were all formed at the same time within a large cloud of interstellar
dust and gas. The blue haze that accompanies them is due to
very fine dust which still remains and preferentially
reflects the blue light from the stars.
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Publications with keywords: star cluster - pleiades - M 45
Publications with words: star cluster - pleiades - M 45
See also:
- APOD: 2026 February 23 Á Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
- Pleiades from Planet Earth
- APOD: 2025 October 8 Á NGC 7380: The Wizard Nebula
- APOD: 2025 August 25 Á The Meteor and the Star Cluster
- APOD: 2025 July 8 Á The Pleiades in Red and Blue
- APOD: 2025 July 4 Á NGC 6946 and NGC 6939
- Young Star Cluster NGC 346