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  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  Alcyone  ·  Asterope  ·  Atlas  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  HD22886  ·  HD23061  ·  HD23155  ·  HD23156  ·  HD23157  ·  HD23158  ·  HD23171  ·  HD23194  ·  HD23246  ·  HD23247  ·  HD23289  ·  HD23325  ·  And 108 more.
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M45 - Pleiades, David Hickey
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M45 - Pleiades

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M45 - Pleiades

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M45, the Pleiades, is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus about 444 light years away containing middle-aged, hot blue stars. The nebulosity surrounding the cluster is an unrelated interstellar cloud through which it is currently passing, reflecting the blue light from the dominant stars in the cluster. Gravitational interactions will disperse the stars in the cluster in about 250 million years.

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M45 - Pleiades, David Hickey