IC 349

Photo of IC 349, taken by NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) 19 September 1999.
IC 349, also known as Barnard's Merope nebula, is a nebula which lies 3500 AUs (0.06 light years) from the star Merope in the Pleiades cluster.
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