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Annotated Image of the Pleiades and HST Field of View

Annotated Image of the Pleiades and HST Field of View

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    03h 46m 59.99s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    24° 7' 0.0"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Taurus
  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    Approximately 400 light-years (120 parsecs)

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
    This data are taken from HST proposals 8335 and 8777: The science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.)
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>FGS
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    Second Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS2)/UKSTU (B), (R), and (I)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Pleiades, NGC 1432/35, M45
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Open Cluster
  • Release Date
    June 1, 2004
  • Science Release
    Hubble Refines Distance to Pleiades Star Cluster
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech

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Annotated Image of the Pleiades and HST Field of View
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

Blue: POSS2/UKSTU (B) Green: POSS2/UKSTU (R) Red: POSS2/UKSTU (I)

Compass and Scale
Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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