Greater Pleiades Complex (IMAGE)
Caption
This starmap shows the full extent of the Greater Pleiades Complex as it would appear on the Pasadena night sky if every star in it were visible. Of the 3,019 stars that make up the complex, 1,631 are visible above the horizon. The seven stars that comprise the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, constellation are shown in green while all the other members of the complex are in white. The Big Dipper, Orion, and Taurus are overlaid in blue.
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Image is courtesy of Andrew Boyle/University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
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