Pleiades

E3196
Messier object NGC object deep-sky object open star cluster

The Pleiades are a famous open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, often known as the Seven Sisters in Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
Pleiades canonical 35
Pleiades star cluster 20
Πλειάδες 5

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object ⓘ
NGC object ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
age about 100 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs M45 ⓘ
Pleiades ⓘ
surface form: Messier 45

Seven Sisters ⓘ
Subaru ⓘ
angularSize about 110 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 1.6 ⓘ
associatedWith reflection nebulae ⓘ
bestSeenIn Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingSeason late autumn and winter ⓘ
brightestStar Alcyone ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude about 2.9 ⓘ
catalogDesignation M45 ⓘ
Pleiades self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Melotte 22

Pleiades self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NGC 1432
containsStar Alcyone ⓘ
Sterope ⓘ
surface form: Asterope

Atlas ⓘ
Celaeno ⓘ
Electra ⓘ
Maia ⓘ
Merope ⓘ
Celaeno ⓘ
surface form: Pleione

Taygete ⓘ
surface form: Taygeta
declination +24° 07′ ⓘ
discoveredBy prehistoric observers ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 135 parsecs ⓘ
about 440 light-years ⓘ
dominantSpectralType B-type main-sequence stars ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn Greek mythology ⓘ
Japanese culture ⓘ
Maori traditions ⓘ
Native American traditions ⓘ
hostGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
interstellarMediumOrigin unrelated passing dust cloud ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Taurus ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione ⓘ
nebulaType reflection nebula ⓘ
numberOfBrightNakedEyeStars about 6 to 9 ⓘ
numberOfKnownMembers over 1000 stars ⓘ
observability visible to the naked eye ⓘ
partOf local spiral arm of the Milky Way ⓘ
properMotion common motion through space ⓘ
rightAscension 03h 47m ⓘ
risesBefore Orion ⓘ
symbolUsedBy Subaru automobile brand ⓘ
usedFor distance scale calibration ⓘ
studies of stellar evolution ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlas from Greek mythology → children → Pleiades ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlas
Pleiades → alsoKnownAs → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Messier 45
Pleiades → catalogDesignation → Pleiades self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NGC 1432
Pleiades → catalogDesignation → Pleiades self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Melotte 22
Pleiades supercomputer → namedAfter → Pleiades ⓘ
subject surface form: Pleiades
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster
Hyades → sibling → Pleiades ⓘ
Merope → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Pleiades
Maia → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
Electra → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
Electra → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: constellation Pleiades
Electra → category → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades (Greek mythology)
Taygete → collectiveMembership → Pleiades ⓘ
Celaeno → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
Celaeno → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: constellation Pleiades
Celaeno → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: star cluster Pleiades
Celaeno → category → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades (Greek mythology)
Alcyone → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
Alcyone → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster
Alcyone → category → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades (Greek mythology)
Orion Arm → contains → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster
Atlas → childGroup → Pleiades ⓘ
Seven Sisters → alsoKnownAs → Pleiades ⓘ
M45 → alsoKnownAs → Pleiades ⓘ
Subaru → refersTo → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster
Subaru → meaning → Pleiades ⓘ
Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member) → followedObject → Pleiades ⓘ
subject surface form: Aldebaran
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster
23 Tauri (star traditionally named Merope) → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
subject surface form: 23 Tauri
this entity surface form: Pleiades open cluster
23 Tauri (star traditionally named Merope) → belongsToAsterism → Pleiades ⓘ
subject surface form: 23 Tauri
Sterope → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
Sterope → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: star cluster Pleiades
Polyxo (Hyad) → relatedGroup → Pleiades ⓘ
Sisyphus → spouseInstanceOf → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiad
Pleione → motherOf → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pleiades
Pleione → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pleiades star cluster
Children of Atlas → hasMember → Pleiades ⓘ
Children of Atlas → hasNotableGroup → Pleiades ⓘ
Children of Atlas → roleInMyth → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: star nymphs (Pleiades)
Matariki Network of Universities → nameMeaning → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Matariki is the Māori name for the Pleiades star cluster
Ταϋγέτη → memberOf → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Πλειάδες
Ταϋγέτη → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: αστερισμός Πλειάδων
Ταϋγέτη → category → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Πλειάδες (μυθολογία)
Lycus → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
Subaru Telescope → namedAfter → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subaru (Pleiades star cluster)
Elihu Vedder → notableWork → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Pleiades
Local Arm → contains → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster
NGC 1432 → partOf → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster
NGC 1432 → associatedWith → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
NGC 1432 → illuminatedBy → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades stars
Messier catalogue → notableObjectExample → Pleiades ⓘ
Taygeta → locatedIn → Pleiades ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pleiades star cluster