Seven Sisters
E18787
Seven Sisters is the common name for the Pleiades, a prominent open star cluster in the constellation Taurus visible to the naked eye.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomical object
ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 100 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Pleiades ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 1.6 ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | Northern Hemisphere winter ⓘ |
| catalogCode |
C 0344+240
ⓘ
Melotte 22 ⓘ |
| contains | over 1,000 confirmed members ⓘ |
| containsStar |
Alcyone
ⓘ
Titan ⓘ
surface form:
Atlas
Celaeno ⓘ Electra ⓘ Maia ⓘ Merope ⓘ Pleione ⓘ Sterope ⓘ Taygeta ⓘ |
| declination | +24° 07′ ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 136 parsecs
ⓘ
about 444 light-years ⓘ |
| dominantColor | blue ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | about 110 arcminutes ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceIn |
Greek mythology
ⓘ
Japanese culture ⓘ Maori culture ⓘ Native American traditions ⓘ |
| hasFeature | reflection nebula ⓘ |
| hasMessierNumber | M45 ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalAssociation | seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione ⓘ |
| hasNGCNumber |
NGC 1432
ⓘ
NGC 1432 ⓘ
surface form:
NGC 1435
|
| hasProperMotion | common cluster motion ⓘ |
| isAsterismOf | seven prominent stars ⓘ |
| isBrightestOpenClusterIn | northern sky ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBound | true ⓘ |
| isUsedFor |
calibration of distance scale in astronomy
ⓘ
studies of stellar evolution ⓘ |
| liesNearEcliptic | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Taurus ⓘ |
| locatedInGalaxy | Milky Way ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Orion Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Local Arm of the Milky Way
|
| observedSince | antiquity ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 03h 47m ⓘ |
| risesBefore | Orion ⓘ |
| spectralTypeDominant | B-type main-sequence stars ⓘ |
| visibleTo | naked eye ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione