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Location of Pleiades (circled) in the night sky The distance to the Pleiades can be used as a key first step to calibrate the cosmic distance ladder . As the cluster is relatively close to the Earth, the distance should be relatively easy to measure and has been estimated by many methods.
The Pleiades in south east of map. The Pleiades are located at the crest of the Transantarctic Mountains, [3] 120 to 140 km (75 to 87 mi) [4] [5] away from the coast of Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea. [6] The volcanoes are located between Evans Neve and the beginning of Mariner Glacier, [5] which drains Evans Neve [7] southeastwards towards the Ross ...
The Pleiades' parents were the Titan Atlas [5] and the Oceanid Pleione [6] born on Mount Cyllene. In some accounts, their mother was called Aethra , another Oceanid. [ 7 ] Aside from the above-mentioned sisters (the Hyades), the Pleiades' other siblings were Hyas and the nymph Calypso who was famous in the tale of Odysseus .
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.
In Japan, the Pleiades are known as Subaru (昴) which means "coming together" or "cluster" in Japanese and have given their name to the car manufacturer whose logo incorporates six stars to represent the five companies that merged into one. [78] Subaru Telescope, located in Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii, is also named after the Pleiades. [79]
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 Nebra sky disc, c. 1800–1600 BC. The Nebra sky disc (German: Himmelsscheibe von Nebra, pronounced [ˈhɪml̩sˌʃaɪbə fɔn ˈneːbra]) is a bronze disc of around 30 cm (12 in) diameter and a weight of 2.2 kg (4.9 lb), having a blue-green patina and inlaid with gold symbols.
Observatoire Astronomique de Mont-Soleil is an astronomical observatory located on Mont-Soleil, above Saint-Imier in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. It has a dome of 4.5m. It has a dome of 4.5m. [ 1 ]