17-12-2024, 11:00 PM
(12-12-2024, 11:55 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:
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Pleiades known as the Seven Sisters or M45, is a star cluster in the Taurus constellation that's visible from Earth:
Location: About 440 light-years from Earth, northwest of Taurus
Size: About 12 light-years in diameter
Stars: Over 1,000 stars, but only six are usually visible to the naked eye
Color: Brightest stars are hot blue
Visibility: Visible from October to April in both hemispheres, best seen in November/December
Features: An open star cluster, meaning stars were born from the same gas cloud and are loosely bound by gravity
Other names: Also known as Tŵr Tewdws, Streoillín, Mapúlon, Mulo‑pulo, Muró‑púro, Makaliʻi, Matariki, Parvīn, al-Thurayyā, mǎo, Qullqa, Subaru
The Pleiades has been known since ancient times and is featured in the folklore of many cultures, including the Celts, pre-colonial Filipinos, Hawaiians, Māori, Indigenous Australians, Persians, Arabs, Chinese, Quechua, Japanese, Maya, Aztec, Sioux, and Kiowa.