Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  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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M45 - The Pleiades, Alessandro Cavallaro
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M45 - The Pleiades

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The Seven Sisters!!! Probably the most beautiful open cluster of stars in the sky surrounded by its own reflection nebula.

It's also the closest Messier object to the Sun and a very easily identifiable object in the fall/winter sky.

Copyright: Alessandro Cavallaro / Mount Lemmon SkyCenter / University of Arizona

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M45 - The Pleiades, Alessandro Cavallaro