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Pleiades

Pleiades
LAT 18.52°N200D II
Open Cluster · Messier 45

The Seven Sisters

Captured 16 November 2025

The Pleiades (Messier 45) is an open star cluster in Taurus, about 444 light-years away, made up of hot young blue stars still passing through a faint dust cloud that gives them their characteristic blue reflection glow. It's one of the closest and most easily visible star clusters to Earth.

Optical Tube
GSO 6" RC Astrograph
Mount
Bresser Exos 2
Camera
Canon EOS 200D Mark II
ISO
800
Exposure
41 seconds