17-12-2024, 11:08 PM
(17-12-2024, 11:00 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: 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.
The Pleiades has been known since ancient times and is featured in the folklore of many cultures,
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