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  ·  M 45  ·  Maia  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  Pleiades  ·  Pleione  ·  Sterope II  ·  And 10 more.
M45 Pleiades, fermion
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M45 Pleiades

M45 Pleiades, fermion
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M45 Pleiades

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M45, or the Seven Sisters, is an open cluster in the constellation Taurus consisting of bright young stars. The Pleiades is among the clusters nearest to Earth, and is the star cluster most obvious to the naked eye. The nebulosity surrounding the brightest stars of M45 was thought to be leftover materials from their formation, but is now believed to be an unrelated dust cloud the stars are passing.

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M45 Pleiades, fermion