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Pleiades (M 45, NGC 1432) | ||||
subject | fact |
Pleiades | has composition B star, late star | |
has age very young | ||
is a part of Taurus | ||
has number of stars several hundred | ||
has Messier number 45 | ||
has distance 125 pc | ||
has synonym M 45 | ||
has synonym NGC 1432 | ||
is an instance of open cluster | ||
is an instance of naked eye object | ||
is an instance of Messier object | ||
Messier object | has apparent dimension | |
has apparent magnitude | ||
is a part of celestial sphere | ||
has catalog Messier catalog | ||
has purpose originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet | ||
open cluster | is a part of disk | |
has catalog open cluster catalog | ||
celestial body | has spectra | |
physical object | has location or center of gravity | |
has angular momentum | ||
has mass | ||
has velocity | ||
has momentum | ||
has temperature | ||
has volume | ||
has extent | ||
has material |
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