Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 Tau  ·  19 q Tau  ·  20 Tau  ·  21 Tau  ·  22 Tau  ·  23 Tau  ·  24 Tau  ·  25 eta Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  Alcyone  ·  Asterope  ·  Atlas  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  HD23246  ·  HD23325  ·  HD23326  ·  HD23351  ·  HD23361  ·  HD23375  ·  HD23387  ·  HD23409  ·  HD23479  ·  HD23489  ·  HD23512  ·  And 46 more.
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M45 Open star cluster (Pleiades), Emmanuel
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M45 Open star cluster (Pleiades)

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M45 Open star cluster (Pleiades)

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Description

In the clear and unpolluted night skies of antiquity the Pleiades star cluster was an object of wonder and interest.

In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were seven sisters: Maia, Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celaeno and Merope. Their parents were Atlas, a Titan who held up the sky, and the oceanid Pleione, the protectress of sailing.

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Takahashi FSQ-106ED with Camera Atik 460ex.

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M45 Open star cluster (Pleiades), Emmanuel