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  ·  IC 349  ·  LBN 770  ·  LBN 771  ·  LBN 772  ·  Maia  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  Pleiades  ·  And 12 more.
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M45 Pleiades,  Subaru, Matariki, Tianquitzli, Kiymah... the seven sisters of Greek mythology Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, Alcyone. Visible to the naked eye, and revered in mythology of many cultures and civilizations.

An open cluster with reflection nebulae in Taurus. One of the closest star clusters to Earth. Visible to the naked eye, and revered in mythology of many cultures and civilizations. It lies about 440 light years distant and has a radius of about 43 light years.

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