Basic object information

Name: M 45
Popular name: Pleiades
Type of object: Bright nebula
Magnitude: 1.2
Size: 100.0'

Position (epoch of date)

Right ascension: 3h 47m 10s
Declination: +24° 7' 37"
Constellation: Taurus

Local information

Altitude: -16° 19' 19"
Azimuth: 34° 16' 30"

Rise: 12h 4m 58s  
Transit: 19h 40m 26s
Set: 3h 19m 50s  

Star atlas chart numbers:

Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas, Chart C-36
Millennium Star Atlas, Charts 163-164 (Vol I)
Sky Atlas 2000.0, Chart 4
Uranometria 2000 Chart 132, Vol 1


Saguaro Astronomy Club v7.2 Catalog Data

Saguaro Astronomy Club, August 2000

Names and designations

M 45
Mel 22

Type of object: Cluster with nebulosity

Catalog position for epoch J2000.0

Right ascension:	03h 47m 00.0s
Declination:		+24° 07' 00"

Constellation: Taurus

Object information

Magnitude: 1.2
Size: 100.0'
Number of stars: 100
Magnitude of brightest star: 2.9

Object classification: I 3 r n
Description: vvB,vL,brilliant naked eye cluster,neb inv
Notes: Pleiades;nebys NGC 1432 and 1435 involved