The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades" class="extiw" title="en:Pleiades">Pleiades</a>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_cluster" class="extiw" title="en:Open cluster">open cluster</a> consisting of approximately 3,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star" class="extiw" title="en:Star">stars</a> at a distance of 400 light-years (120 parsecs) from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth" class="extiw" title="en:Earth">Earth</a> in the constellation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)" class="extiw" title="en:Taurus (constellation)">Taurus</a>. It is also known as ‘The Seven Sisters’, or the astronomical designations <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" class="extiw" title="w:New General Catalogue">NGC</a> 1432/35 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_object" class="extiw" title="w:Messier object">M</a>45.
<p>NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory<br></p>
<sub>The science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.)</sub>
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