Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  25 Tau)  ·  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  The star Alcyone (η Tau  ·  The star Merope (23 Tau)
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The Pleiades

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The Pleiades

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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A close up The Pleiades also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45 and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth.

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