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  ·  Maia  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  Pleione  ·  Sterope II  ·  Taygeta  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  And 8 more.
M45 Pleiades, Chris Nowland
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M45 Pleiades

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M45 Pleiades

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The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus.

Distance to Earth: 444.2 light years

Constellation: Taurus

Distance: 444 ly on average (136.2±1.2 pc)

Other designations: Seven Sisters, M45, Cr 42, Mel 22

Apparent dimensions (V): 110' (arcmin)

Coordinates: RA 3h 47m 24s | Dec +24° 7′ 0″

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M45 Pleiades, Chris Nowland

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