Star Cluster Pleiades Size:24" x 16" (61 cm x 41 cm) Astronomers sometimes call the region

Astronomers sometimes call the region imaged the “Southern Cliff” because it resembles a sharp drop-off

combined with wave action along the coast

1996 by the Solid State Imaging (CCD) system aboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft

the Richat Structure's flat middle and lack of shock-altered rock indicates otherwise

Star Cluster Pleiades Size:24" x 16" (61 cm x 41 cm) Astronomers sometimes call the regionThe brilliant stars seen in this image are members of the popular open star cluster known as the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. The Hubble Space Telescope's Fine Guidance Sensors refined the distance to the Pleiades at about 440 light years. The Fine Guidance Sensors are at the periphery of Hubble's field of view. They trace a circumference that is approximately the angular size of the Moon on the sky. They are overlaid on this image to give a scale to