Pleiades
(M45, Messier 45)
(visible open cluster with seven B-stars)
The Pleiades is an open cluster visible without a telescope,
that includes seven prominent B-type stars among its 1000+ stars.
It is thought to be on the order of 100 million years old.
Being visible without a telescope, it has been a known
asterism for millennia.
(open cluster)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=M45
http://www.messier.seds.org/m/m045.html
https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-45-pleiades/
Redshift | Parsecs /Distance | Lightyears /Lookback Years | | |
~0 | 136pc | 444ly | | Pleiades |
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Coordinates: | M45 J034724+240700 |
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Referenced by pages:
open cluster (OC)
rare designator prefixes
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