Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Maia nebula  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
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Pleiades, Israel Barbosa de Brito
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Pleiades

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Pleiades

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The Pleiades is an open star cluster dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.

Distance 444 ly on average

Apparent magnitude (V) 1.6

Apparent dimensions (V) 110' (arcmin.)

This image was captured in Padre Bernardo, a small village near Brasília/Brazil, during the 8th Brazilian Meeting of Astrophotography.

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ISO 800, total exposure time of 36 min (9 subs 240s), no darks, bias or flats applied.

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Pleiades, Israel Barbosa de Brito