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  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  IC 349  ·  M 45  ·  Maia  ·  Maia nebula  ·  Merope  ·  Merope nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  Pleiades  ·  Pleione  ·  Sterope II  ·  Taygeta  ·  And 9 more.
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This picture of M45, the Pleiades, was taken at the 5. of December 2019 in the canton Schwyz in Switzerland. It shows the main stars of the open star cluster: Maia, Electra, Merope, Alcyone, Celaeh, Taygeta and Asterope. The seven sisters, daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione. Huge dust clouds close to the cluster get illuminated by the stars and result in this beautiful reflection nebula. The Pleiades are 444 light-years away from earth.

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