Pleiades Pileup

By Maia Weinstock
Jan 5, 2004 6:00 AMNov 12, 2019 4:10 AM
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The Pleiades star cluster and its reflection nebulosity—interstellar clouds whose dust particles shine with reflected starlight—are visible in this image, a composite of 40 CCD exposures shot with the Burrell Schmidt Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. | Steve Gibson

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