Pleiades Three (Stephen Heliczer FRAS)

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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What a difference a dark-sky site makes part three. Taken from Weybourne in North Norfolk UK during a Moonless, cloudless night.

The Pleiades, also known as the "Seven Sisters" and Messier 45 are a group of more than 800 stars located about 410 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. The Pleiades are an example of an open star cluster — a group of stars that were all born around the same time from a gigantic cloud of gas and dust. The dust appears to be silicate and carbon in the 0.01 to 0.1 micron size range, which is why it shines in a deep blue colour. Carbon Monoxide is also detected. The brightest stars in the formation glow a hot blue and formed within the last 100 million years. They are extremely luminous and will burn out quickly, with life spans of only a few hundred million years, much shorter than the billions of years our sun will enjoy. The nebula for the Pleiades reflection is due to dust in at least two layers in front of the Pleiades star cluster.

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RA (center)	03h46m27s.62
RA (top/left)	03h51m00s.95
RA (top/right)	03h41m15s.91
RA (bottom/right)	03h41m58s.14
RA (bottom/left)	03h51m36s.43

Dec (center)	+24°13′18″.8
Dec (top/left)	+25°03′50″.3
Dec (top/right)	+24°50′31″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+23°22′13″.7
Dec (bottom/left)	+23°35′24″.3

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