Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  11 Tau  ·  16 Tau  ·  17 Tau  ·  18 Tau  ·  19 Tau)  ·  19 q Tau  ·  20 Tau  ·  21 Tau  ·  22 Tau  ·  23 Tau  ·  24 Tau  ·  25 Tau)  ·  25 eta Tau  ·  26 Tau  ·  27 Tau  ·  28 Tau  ·  Alcyone  ·  Asterope  ·  Atlas  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  Celaeno  ·  Electra  ·  HD22886  ·  HD22992  ·  HD23155  ·  HD23156  ·  HD23157  ·  HD23194  ·  HD23246  ·  HD23289  ·  And 71 more.
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M45 - The Pleiades, Miguel A.
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M45 - The Pleiades

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M45 - The Pleiades, Miguel A.
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M45 - The Pleiades

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The Pleiades also carry the name "Seven Sisters"; according to Greek mythology, the Pleiades are the seven daughters of the “father” Titan Atlas "mother" Oceanid Pleione: Alcyone, Asterope (a double star, also sometimes called Sterope), Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Celaeno. It was said that after Atlas was tasked to carry the heavens on his shoulders, the hunter Orion began to pursue the Pleiades. To protect them Zeus transformed them into doves, and then into constellations, to comfort their father. The constellation of Orion still pursues the Pleiades across the night sky. This pursuit is apparent in a timelapse video of these two objects.

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