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ID: 8730293
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8730293

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Messier 45 (star cluster)  Messier 45 (star cluster)

Note: An open star cluster located in the constellation Taurus, in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy in the Local Group of galaxies. M45 is 444 light years away from Earth. It contains middle-aged, hot B-type stars; among the star clusters nearest to Earth and obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. In modern times, the position of the cluster was measured and cataloged by Charles Messier in the 18th century.

Names:
Messier 45 (preferred,C,V,O,not applicable,U)
M45 (C,V,A,not applicable,U)
Pleiades (C,V)  ............ from Ancient Greek, Πλειάδες, referencing its importance to navigation of sailing ships
Seven Sisters (C,V)
Subaru (C,V)  ............ in Japan
Matariki (C,V,Maori-P,U)  ............ in New Zealand

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of Extraterrestrial Places (facet)    Extraterrestrial Places (facet)
Hierarchy of Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy)  ....  Milky Way Galaxy (galaxy) (P)
Hierarchy of Messier 45 (star cluster)  ........  Messier 45 (star cluster) (P)

Place Types:
star cluster (preferred, C)

Additional Notes:
Spanish ..... Un cúmulo estelar abierto visible a simple vista y prominente en el cielo durante el invierno en el hemisferio norte. Conocido por los antiguos griegos como las Pléyades, el cúmulo de estrellas es identificado como una constelación por muchas culturas alrededor del globo. 

Sources and Contributors:
M45..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Matariki..........  [TePapa, VP]
.................  Te Papa online (2000-)
Messier 45..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Pleiades..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Seven Sisters..........  [VP]
..........................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Subaru..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) FCT027
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
..........  IAU - International Astronomical Union (2005-)
Spanish .......... [VP]
..........  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)

 

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