Star cluster IC 2602 (southern Pleiades)

by: C.Picking/Novapix
Reference: a-aou96-00011
Date: 2007-02-21

The Southern Pleiades (also known as IC 2602) is an open cluster in the Carina constellation, at a distance of about 479 light years away from Earth and can be seen with the naked eye.

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