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The Pleiades (/ ˈ p l iː. ə d iː z, ˈ p l eɪ-, ˈ p l aɪ-/), [8] [9] also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.
Star map with the Pleiades (upper right) and the Hyades (centre, V-shaped head of the constellation Taurus with its main star Aldebaran, γ Tauri und ε Tauri (Ain)) at both sides of the ecliptic line (dashed red). The Golden Gate of the Ecliptic is an asterism in the constellation Taurus that has been known for several thousand years.
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A star system known as "V Sagittae" is expected to go nova this year (+/- 11 years). 2084 November 10 Transit of Earth as seen from Mars, the first and the only one in this century. 2085 November 7 Transit of Mercury: 2088 October 27 Mercury occults Jupiter for the first time since 1708, but very close to the Sun and impossible to view with the ...
The best time to see the planetary parade in January is during the first couple of hours after the Sun goes down, with Saturn and Venus appearing close to each other in the southwest, Jupiter high ...
IC 2602 (also known as the Southern Pleiades, Theta Carinae Cluster, or Caldwell 102) [4] is an open cluster in the constellation Carina. Discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1751 from South Africa , [ 5 ] the cluster is easily visible to the unaided eye , and is one of the nearest star clusters, centred about 149 parsecs (486 light-years ) away from ...
The poet Sappho mentions the Pleiades in one of her poems: The moon has gone The Pleiades gone In dead of night Time passes on I lie alone. The poet Lord Tennyson mentions the Pleiades in his poem "Locksley Hall": Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid.