M 45
Native American cultures used the cluster to measure keenness of vision by the number of stars the observer could see it in. The Aztecs based their calendar on the Pleiades, with the cluster’s heliacal rising marking the beginning of the year. A number of other indigenous peoples of the Americas associated the Pleiades with various myths and legends.
This cluster is a mere 444 light years from earth in the constellation Tarus the Bull. It is seen in the winter time, and you can see it with the naked eye., and binoculars will show it well. This was a combination of 315 x 30 second exposures taken mid November this year.
