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M 45 · Open cluster · Taurus

Pleiades

Also known as Mel 22

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Type

Open cluster

Constellation

Taurus

Position (J2000)

3h 47m 29s · +24° 06′ 19″

Pictures

4

Typical integration

0.3 h

Magnitude

1.2

visual

Size

150′

Distance

~440 ly

Best months

Oct–Dec

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.