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The Pleiades

M45 · star cluster · Rare

The Pleiades

They drift through a dust cloud that is not their own.

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Photograph
The Pleiades, photographed by Palomar Sky Survey
NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory · Public domain

Record

M45 (Seven Sisters)
Object
star cluster
Rarity
Rare
RA
03:47:23.100
Dec
+24:07:01.20
DISTANCE
444 ly
AGE
~100 Myr
MAGNITUDE
1.6
Editions issued
0 / 100
Direct price
$8
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