Annotated image of the pleiades and HST field of view
The brilliant stars seen in this image are members of the popular open star cluster known as the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. The Hubble Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensors refined the distance to the Pleiades at about 440 light-years. The Fine Guidance Sensors are at the periphery of Hubble's field-of-view. They trace a circumference that is approximately the angular size of the Moon on the sky. They are overlaid on this image to give a scale to Hubble's very narrow view on the heavens.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | M 45, Messier 45, Pleiades |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
Distance: | 450 light years |
Category: | Illustrations Stars |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Hubble Space Telescope
FGS |