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Annotated Image of the Pleiades and HST Field of View

CreditsNASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech

Date
Jan 1, 2004
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2004-20-1563-image
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NASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech

Image Details

About The Object
Object NamePleiades, NGC 1432/35, M45
Object DescriptionOpen Cluster
R.A. Position03h 46m 59.99s
Dec. Position24° 7' 0.0"
ConstellationTaurus
DistanceApproximately 400 light-years (120 parsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThis data are taken from HST proposals and : The science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.)
InstrumentHST>FGS
FiltersSecond Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS2)/UKSTU (B), (R), and (I)
About The Image
Color InfoBlue: POSS2/UKSTU (B) Green: POSS2/UKSTU (R) Red: POSS2/UKSTU (I)

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