Nebulae & clusters · Open star cluster

Pleiades

444 light-years · Light crosses it in 86 years

Across

86 light-years

Vs Earth

86 light-years across

Mass

800 Suns

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In the app, Pleiades is part of the Beyond pack.

About

The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, is a cluster of young, hot blue stars — among the nearest to Earth and one of the most obvious to the naked eye. A faint blue haze around them is dust that the cluster is passing through.

The Seven Sisters: over 1,000 young stars, six or seven visible to the eye.

At a glance

Distance	444 light-years
Age	About 125 million years
Stars	Over 1,000
Japanese name	Subaru

Did you know

1. Subaru's six-star logo is the Pleiades.
2. Its blue glow is not left over from the stars' birth; they are just passing through an unrelated cloud.
3. It appears in the myths of cultures all over the world.

Real photo

• The stars of the Pleiades, photographed by the Cassini spacecraft — NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute · source