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Chemicals: Lithium
Location: RA 03h 47m 24s | Dec +24° 7′
Stellar Classification: B-type stars
In astronomy, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters (Messier 45 or M45), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. Located at RA 03h 47m 24s | Dec +24° 7′, the cluster core radius is about 8 light years and tidal radius is about 43 light years. The cluster contains over 1,000 statistically confirmed members, although this figure excludes unresolved binary stars. It is dominated by young, hot blue stars, up to 14 of which can be seen with the naked eye.
Sources:
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (2015, September 23). Pleiades. Retrieved September 28, 2015, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades
Visible Spectra of the Elements. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2015, from http://www.umop.net/spctelem.htm
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