Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  19 Tau)  ·  19 q Tau  ·  20 Tau  ·  21 Tau  ·  22 Tau  ·  23 Tau  ·  24 Tau  ·  25 Tau)  ·  25 eta Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  Alcyone  ·  Asterope  ·  Atlas  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  HD23156  ·  HD23246  ·  HD23247  ·  HD23325  ·  HD23361  ·  HD23375  ·  HD23387  ·  HD23409  ·  HD23479  ·  HD23489  ·  And 51 more.
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The Pleiades (M45) also known as the Seven Sisters is an open star cluster of Blue Giant Class B stars. They are roughly 380 - 460 Light years from Earth. The nebulous dust cloud in front of them is not part of Pleiades, but is traveling through the cluster at approximately 25,000 mph.

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