Posts Tagged ‘M45’

Starry Sisters

11 December 2009 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech

High in the win­ter sky, the Pleiades look like a tiny dip­per. Those with sharp eyes can see seven stars in the open star clus­ter M45, or the Seven Sis­ters. Some peo­ple report see­ing up to 14 stars under the best con­di­tions. But most, includ­ing myself, can see six at best. In this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope, we see hun­dreds of stars.

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Ghostly Reflections

20 October 2009 Written by CritterKeeper 0 Comments

Credit: NASA and The Hub­ble Her­itage Team (STScI/AURA)

Eerie, wispy clouds show near the star Merope in this image from NASA’s Hub­ble Space Tele­scope. And to me the neb­ula resem­bles a ghostly bat.

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