Nebula, Star ClusterCharles LilloM45Comment

The Pleiades or Seven Sisters, M45

Nebula, Star ClusterCharles LilloM45Comment
The Pleiades or Seven Sisters, M45

The Pleiades or Seven Sisters, M45 is an open star cluster that contains over a thousand stars that are loosely bound by gravity, but it is visually dominated by 7of its brightest stars.

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NebulaCharles LilloM16, EAGLE NEBUAL, PILARS O CREATIONComment

M16, The Eagle Nebula

Evidence from the Spitzer Space Telescope suggests that the pillars in M16 may already have been destroyed by a supernova explosion.  Due to the distance of the nebula, the light from the supernova would have reached Earth between 1000 and 2000 years ago. The more slowly moving shock wave from the supernova light showing us the destruction will not reach the Earth for another millennium.

NebulaCharles LilloM16, EAGLE NEBUAL, PILARS O CREATIONComment
M16, The Eagle Nebula