About Pleiades (M45)

Pleiades is a rewarding deep-sky target and presents itself as a diffuse object. It is relatively bright.

Current visibility

It is currently below the horizon.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Observing conditions matter, subtle features are easily lost in bright skies.

Observing tips

It is often recommended as an entry-level object.

What to expect

At higher magnification, subtle detail can be detected.

It is more subtle than brighter Dso objects.

Type

Open Cluster

Constellation

Taurus

Distance

380 ly

Size

120.0'

Season

Winter

Difficulty

Very Easy

Magnitude

1.6