The Pleiades cluster (M45) is sometimes referred to as The Seven Sisters and appears in numerous ancient texts including the Book of Job "Can you bind the Chains of the Pleiades" Job 38:31. The Japanese call the Pleiades the Subaru and many people (incorrectly) call it the little dipper because it looks like a tiny version of the dipper.
The Pleiades is a beautiful example of a young open cluster. We think that the Pleiades formed from a huge interstellar dust cloud about 60 million years ago and is situated about 410 light years away in the direction of the constellation Taurus the Bull. The best time to view the Pleiades is from late October to early March.
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