A 1.75 degree wide DSS2 image of The Pleiades, an asterism inTaurus Even though a well-known group of stars since antiquity, the Pleiades is not a constellation, but simply part of the constellation of Taurus, The Bull. Many people confuse the Pleiades with one of the Dippers (which ...
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The brightest stars in the Pleiades cluster, around 440 light-years away, are very young blue stars. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory) Although star-forming regions produce stars with a range of masses, they're not created in equal numbers, with low-mass stars ...
Other star formations or groups known as asterisms are not technically constellations, but observers utilize them to traverse the night sky. Asterisms can be several stars inside a single constellation or share stars. Asterisms include the Pleiades and Hyades in the constellation Taurus, the False Cr...
The Pleiades star cluster lies in the constellation of Taurus. (Image credit: Getty Images) We’ve always had a fascination with the stars, bright beacons of light that come alive when the sky darkens. They’ve been revered as gods, used to mark changes in the seasons, and as a way...
Photo about Auriga and Taurus constellation stars open star cluster Pleiades M45 on night blue sky and green winter forest. Image of nature, constellation, shining - 138915217
Madang, East of Melanesia story of Yabobs who are taught pot making skills by a beautiful Austronesian teacher, called Honpain a beautiful woman from the seven stars of the Pleiades constellation who came in a canoe to live secretly with a Yabob man. She returned to the stars after a fami...
The Pleiades, located in the back of the constellation Taurus, is among the earliest of celestial objects to be known and recorded by humans. Many myths sprang up to explain their origin. Today, astronomers study star clusters like the Pleiades because they offer valuable insights into how the...