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The Gaia Data Release 1 team were cautious about their result, and the VLBI authors assert "that the Hipparcos-measured distance to the Pleiades cluster is in error". The most recent distance estimate of the distance to the Pleiades based on the Gaia Data Release 3 is 135.74 ± 0.10 pc. [65]
The 2007 new Hipparcos reduction gives a statistically more accurate parallax of 8.51 ± 0.28 mas, indicating a distance of 118 ± 4 pc. [2] Analysis of Gaia parallaxes for the whole Pleiades cluster give an average distance of 136.2 ± 5.0 pc, [18] while VLBI measurements of multiple members give a distance of 136.2 ± 1.2 pc. [19]
The debate revolves around the different methodologies to measure distance—parallax being the most central, but photometric and spectroscopic observations yielding valuable insights as well. [16] [17] Before the Hipparcos mission, the estimated distance for the Pleiades star cluster was around 135 parsecs or 440 light years.
Distance: 431 ± 13 ... Atlas was a Titan and the father of the Pleiades sisters in Greek mythology. Properties. Atlas is a triple star system, with the inner pair ...
This is a list of known galaxies within 3.8 megaparsecs (12.4 million light-years) of the Solar System, in ascending order of heliocentric distance, or the distance to the Sun. This encompasses about 50 major Local Group galaxies, and some that are members of neighboring galaxy groups , the M81 Group and the Centaurus A/M83 Group , and some ...
Mosaic of 30 open clusters discovered from VISTA's data. The open clusters were hidden by the dust in the Milky Way. [6] Credit ESO.. The prominent open cluster the Pleiades, in the constellation Taurus, has been recognized as a group of stars since antiquity, while the Hyades (which also form part of Taurus) is one of the oldest open clusters.
The Pleiades, an open cluster ... In 1917, the astronomer Harlow Shapley made the first respectable estimate of the Sun's distance from the Galactic Center, ...
Distance: 440 ly (135 pc) Details ... Taygeta is a double star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades open star cluster .