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Pleiades

In Taurus

Also known as seven sisters, subaru, m45.

6 looks for Pleiades

The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.

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About Pleiades

What it is
A star pattern: The Seven Sisters, a cluster of young blue stars in the shoulder of the Bull
Family
Famous star patterns
Where
The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
Highest in the sky
At about 9 pm in January
Centre
Right ascension 3h 47m, declination +24° 14′
The figure
9 stars, a cluster with no lines
Brightest star
Alcyone, magnitude 2.87

It sits in Taurus.

Its stars

Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.

  • Alcyone (η Tau)mag 2.87
  • Atlas (27 Tau)mag 3.63
  • Electra (17 Tau)mag 3.70
  • Maia (20 Tau)mag 3.87
  • Merope (23 Tau)mag 4.18
  • Taygeta (q Tau)mag 4.30
  • Pleione (28 Tau)mag 5.09
  • Celaeno (16 Tau)mag 5.46
  • Asterope (21 Tau)mag 5.76

Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation