Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 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  ·  HD23061  ·  HD23156  ·  HD23157  ·  HD23158  ·  HD23194  ·  HD23246  ·  HD23247  ·  HD23325  ·  HD23326  ·  And 79 more.
M45 - Pleiades / Seven Sisters, Bentonreed
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M45 - Pleiades / Seven Sisters

M45 - Pleiades / Seven Sisters, Bentonreed
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M45 - Pleiades / Seven Sisters

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The Pleiades is an open star cluster located at a distance of about 445 light-years from the Earth.  Interestingly it is the nearest Messier object to our planet and one of the most prominent deep-sky objects (1.6Mag). It usually appears as a smaller copy of the Big Dipper.

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M45 - Pleiades / Seven Sisters, Bentonreed