Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Maia nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau

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    Pleiades - open cluster in Taurus, Herbert Walter
    Pleiades - open cluster in Taurus
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    Pleiades - open cluster in Taurus

    Image of the day 08/27/2015

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      Pleiades - open cluster in Taurus, Herbert Walter
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      Pleiades - open cluster in Taurus

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      The Pleiades - an open cluster in the constellation Taurus at a distance of approximately 400 light-years and therefor part of our Galaxy. This open cluster is also known as Messier 45 (M45) and at least 6-7 member stars are visible to the naked eye - the brightes star has 3.0 mag. It is a wonderful object for astrophotographers and for observation with an binocular or telescope.

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      Pleiades - open cluster in Taurus, Herbert Walter

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