Bruce Murray Space Image Library

The Pleiades and surrounding nebula

The Pleiades and surrounding nebula
The Pleiades and surrounding nebula The Pleiades star cluster (M45) and its surrounding nebula taken by Planetary Society member Blake Estes and Dr. Christian Sasse. This visible-light image took over 11 hours of exposure time to bring out the faint clouds of gas and dust that birthed the hot, young stars at the cluster's core. Christian Sasse/Blake Estes