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Pleaides ReflectionsThis ghostly apparition is actually
an interstellar cloud caught in the process of destruction by strong
radiation from a nearby hot star. This haunting picture, snapped by
the Hubble telescope, shows a cloud illuminated by light from the bright
star Merope. Located in the Pleiades star cluster, the cloud is called
IC 349 or Barnard's Merope Nebula. |
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