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Photo: Infrared image of the seven sisters star cluster
Photo: Infrared image of the seven sisters star clusterPhoto: Light echo from a red supergiantPhoto: Glowing cosmic debris resembling pearl necklacePhoto: Colorful remains of an exploded starPhoto: Quintuplet star clusterPhoto: Dying star in X shapePhoto: Neutron star flare-upPhoto: Glowing gas around a super-hot star
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This image shows a cluster of stars called the Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades. Located about 400 light-years away, the cluster has thousands of stars but gets its name from seven of its brightest members.
Photograph courtesy NASA 
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