02-03-2025, 11:02 PM
Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), known as Seven Sisters & Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus. Is a long distance of 444 light-years, it"s among nearest star clusters to Earth & the nearest Messier object to Earth, being the most obvious star cluster to the naked eye in the night sky. It is also observed to house the reflection nebula NGC 1432, an HII region. Around 2330 BC
it marked the vernal point.

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