Flemming H. Kristensen
The Pleiades - A study in blue
The bright young open cluster M45, also known as The Seven Sisters or The Pleiades.
The Seven Sisters are the brightest, hottest blue stars in this magnificent star cluster which contains more than a thousand stars of varying brightness and colour. The blue light is scattered by the interstellar dust which envelops the stars, but the dust is apparently not directly associated with the cluster, which just happens to pass through the dust clouds on its way around the galaxy’s center.
The Pleiades - A study in blue
The bright young open cluster M45, also known as The Seven Sisters or The Pleiades.
The Seven Sisters are the brightest, hottest blue stars in this magnificent star cluster which contains more than a thousand stars of varying brightness and colour. The blue light is scattered by the interstellar dust which envelops the stars, but the dust is apparently not directly associated with the cluster, which just happens to pass through the dust clouds on its way around the galaxy’s center.