M45 - The Pleiades
The Ancient Greeks named this cluster after Atlas and Pleione, and their daughters. The ‘parents’ are the two bright stars close together to the left of the nebulosity, and the Greeks claimed to be able to see seven others - Asterope, Electra, Merope, Maia, Celeano, Taygeta, and Alcyone. How many can you see on a dark night?
About 440 light-years away, the cluster actually has over 1,000 stars, many of which are far hotter than our sun. They are passing through a cloud of interstellar gas, and their radiation makes it glow.
The Ancient Greeks named this cluster after Atlas and Pleione, and their daughters. The ‘parents’ are the two bright stars close together to the left of the nebulosity, and the Greeks claimed to be able to see seven others - Asterope, Electra, Merope, Maia, Celeano, Taygeta, and Alcyone. How many can you see on a dark night?
About 440 light-years away, the cluster actually has over 1,000 stars, many of which are far hotter than our sun. They are passing through a cloud of interstellar gas, and their radiation makes it glow.
The Ancient Greeks named this cluster after Atlas and Pleione, and their daughters. The ‘parents’ are the two bright stars close together to the left of the nebulosity, and the Greeks claimed to be able to see seven others - Asterope, Electra, Merope, Maia, Celeano, Taygeta, and Alcyone. How many can you see on a dark night?
About 440 light-years away, the cluster actually has over 1,000 stars, many of which are far hotter than our sun. They are passing through a cloud of interstellar gas, and their radiation makes it glow.