Pleiades
The Pleiades (also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters) are a group of stars in the night sky. You can see them in the constellation Taurus, the bull. Charles Messier gave it the name M45. They are named after the Pleiades in Greek mythology. The brightest star in the Pleiades is the giant star Alcyone.
This an open star cluster of middle-aged hot B-type stars in the constellation of Taurus. It is one of the nearest star clusters to Earth, and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years.
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- Nebra Scheibe.jpg
On the Nebra sky disc, dated circa 1600 BC, the cluster of seven dots in the upper right portion of the disk is believed to be the Pleiades.
- Seven Sisters coin Royal Australian Mint 1 dollar 2020 Reverse.jpg
Commemorative silver one dollar coin issued in 2020 by the Royal Australian Mint - on the reverse, the Seven Sisters (Pleiades) are represented as they are portrayed in an ancient story of Australian Indigenous tradition.
- Pleiades Sidereus Nuncius.png
Galileo's drawings of the Pleiades star cluster from Sidereus Nuncius
- M45map.jpg
Hubble's look through the Pleiades (M45).
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Stars of Pleiades with color and 10,000-year backward proper motion shown
- Reflection nebula IC 349 near Merope.jpg
Hubble Space Telescope image of reflection nebulosity near Merope (IC 349)
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A star chart of the Pleiades and their nebulae
- M45 - The Pleiades.jpg
A widefield view of the Pleiades showing the surrounding dust, image taken with 7 hours of total exposure time
- Pleiades Deep dive.jpg
A widefield view of the Pleiades showing the surrounding dust, image taken with 56 hours of total exposure time
- Full Color Image of the Pleiades (Messier 45).jpg
Wide-field, deep color image of the Pleiades and their surroundings. Processed by Adam Block (astrophotographer).
