M45

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M45 is the Pleiades, a prominent open star cluster in the constellation Taurus visible to the naked eye and known since antiquity.

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AI-generated illustration of M45

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of M45 (M45 is the Pleiades, a prominent open star cluster in the constellation Taurus visible to the naked eye and known since antiquity.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
M45 canonical 10
M 45 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
age about 100 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs M 45 ⓘ
linked to: M45

Messier 45 ⓘ
Pleiades ⓘ
Seven Sisters ⓘ
angularSize about 110 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 1.2 ⓘ
bestSeenIn Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestSeenSeason late autumn ⓘ
winter ⓘ
brightestStar Alcyone ⓘ
brightMembersVisibleToNakedEye about 6 to 9 ⓘ
catalog Messier catalogue ⓘ
catalogCode M45 ⓘ
Messier 45 ⓘ
containsStar Alcyone ⓘ
Atlas ⓘ
linked to: Titan

Celaeno ⓘ
Electra ⓘ
Maia ⓘ
Merope ⓘ
Pleione ⓘ
Taygeta ⓘ
culturalSignificance important in Greek mythology ⓘ
important in many world cultures ⓘ
declination +24° 07′ ⓘ
discoveredSince antiquity ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 135 parsecs ⓘ
about 440 light-years ⓘ
galacticLocation in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way ⓘ
greekMythologyAssociation the Seven Sisters, daughters of Atlas and Pleione ⓘ
linked to: Seven Sisters
hasReflectionNebula yes ⓘ
japaneseName Subaru ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Taurus ⓘ
nebulaType reflection nebula ⓘ
numberOfStars more than 1000 ⓘ
observedBy Charles Messier ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
properMotion moving together as a bound cluster ⓘ
rightAscension 03h 47m ⓘ
spectralTypeDominant B-type main-sequence stars ⓘ
typeOfCluster young open cluster ⓘ
usedFor calibration of distance scale ⓘ
studies of stellar evolution ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye yes ⓘ

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