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Pleiades

Pleiades
The Pleiades is an open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. Between seven and twelve stars are visible with the unaided eye, but the cluster actually contains hundreds of stars.
John Chumack/Photo Researchers, Inc.
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Star (astronomy); Pleiades (astronomy); Open Cluster
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