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current 22:04, 6 September 2005 4,877×3,515 (1.99 MB) Startaq
22:34, 26 March 2005 800×600 (58 KB) David Vasquez (The Pleiades. Credit: NASA/ESA/AURA/Caltech. PD photo and credits copied from Wikipedia. {{PD}} )
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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 400 dpi
Vertical resolution 400 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
File change date and time 14:24, 25 May 2004
Colour space 65535
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