Pleiades (star cluster)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age about 100 million years
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Messier_45
gptkb:Seven_Sisters
gptkbp:angularSize about 110 arcminutes
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 1.6
gptkbp:bestViewedIn November
gptkbp:brightestStar gptkb:Alcyone
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:John_Louis_Emil_Dreyer
gptkb:Charles_Messier
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:M45
gptkb:NGC_1432
gptkbp:clusterType loose open cluster
gptkbp:containsReflectionNebulae yes
gptkbp:declination +24° 07′ 00″
gptkbp:discoveredBy known since antiquity
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth about 444 light years
gptkbp:firstPhotographedBy gptkb:Paul_Henry_and_Prosper_Henry
gptkbp:hasBrownDwarfs yes
gptkbp:hasInfraredExcess yes
gptkbp:hasReflectionNebula yes
gptkbp:hasViewOf both hemispheres
gptkbp:hasXRaySources yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pleiades (star cluster)
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation Taurus
gptkbp:metallicity slightly higher than Sun
gptkbp:mythology gptkb:Greek_mythology
Japanese mythology (Subaru)
Maori mythology (Matariki)
gptkbp:name gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:notableActor gptkb:Titan
gptkb:Electra
gptkb:Taygeta
gptkb:Alcyone
gptkb:Celaeno
gptkb:Merope
gptkb:Sterope
marina
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Local_Bubble
gptkb:Orion_Arm
gptkbp:properMotionRA yes
gptkbp:rating over 1000
gptkbp:rightAscension 03h 47m 24s
gptkbp:spectralTypeOfBrightestStars B-type
gptkbp:usedInAutomotiveLogo gptkb:Subaru
gptkbp:variableStar yes
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye 6 to 9
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Seven_Sisters
gptkb:Celaeno
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5