M45 Pleiades

The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of the constellation Taurus. At a distance of about 444 light years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth.

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I have many images of this Star Cluster, it’s one of my favourite spots to point the scope and focus my equipment when in the fall when it’s ideally placed for observing it.

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Keywords: M45, Pleiades, Open Cluster, Taurus