Today’s NASA Astronomy Image captured a fascinating image of the famous 7 Dusty Sisters. It is also known as the Pleiades star cluster, known for its famous blue stars. However, the image is in infrared light where the surrounding dust overshadows the stars. NASA revealed that the featured image spans about 20 light-years away in the Pleiades, which lies about 450 light-years from the constellation Taurus.
By sharing a photo, NASA explained that “there are three infrared colors mapped to visual colors (R=24, G=12, B=4.6 microns). The primary images were taken by NASA’s orbiting Widefield Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. Coincidentally, the Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters, is located within a passing dust cloud. As a result, the light and winds emitted by the massive Pleiades stars are selectively Removes small dust particles, causing the dust to organize itself into filaments, as shown in Fig.
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The Pleiades represent a type of open star cluster, consisting of stars that are mass-produced. the cloud Gas and dust at the same time. The brightest stars in the cluster emit a warm blue light and formed in the last 100 million years.
How to Find the Pleiades in the Night Sky
To find the Pleiades, start by identifying the famous constellation Orion, known as the Hunter. Trace a line using the trio of stars that make up Orion’s belt, and then follow it out of its bow position, Space.com Reports Proposed
Next, you’ll first encounter the bright star Aldebaran, followed shortly by the Pleiades cluster. This cluster appears as a small dipper-like pattern of stars just beyond the brilliant star.
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