# Pleiades on SpaceSphere

> An open cluster of stars that formed together, close enough to see as a group with the naked eye.

Canonical: https://spacesphere.sygnito.com/en/universe/pleiades

Star cluster. The catalogue that supplied this record classes it more precisely as an open cluster.

An open cluster of stars that formed together, close enough to see as a group with the naked eye.

## Facts

- **Position**: 56.86917, 24.10528 (Source: SIMBAD Astronomical Database)
- **Brightness**: about 1.2 (Source: OpenNGC)
- **Apparent size**: about 150 x 150 arcminutes (Source: HEASARC mwsc table)
- **Constellation**: Taurus (Source: OpenNGC)

## Catalogue designations

Mel022, M45, MWSC 0305

Source: OpenNGC

## Can you see it tonight?

The page works this out in the visitor's browser, from their own location, and the answer is a prediction rather than an observation. It is not part of this file.

## Sources

- This research has made use of the [SIMBAD database](https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/), operated at CDS, Strasbourg, France.
- [OpenNGC](https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC), Mattia Verga, licensed [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- This research has made use of data obtained through the [High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center](https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/) Online Service, provided by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.

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