M45: Rise, Set, Nighttime Path
![M45](https://sky-tonight.com/image/card/nebula/M45/M45.png)
M45 Daily Motion
M45 will be visible until April, 7, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
M45 Rise and Set Timetable
Time | Elevation | |
M45 Rise | 01:27 | |
Astrosession begin | 04:38 | 35° |
Astrosession end | 05:17 | 42° |
Civil sunrise | 05:55 | 49° |
Sunrise | 06:27 | 55° |
M45 transit | 08:55 | 74° |
M45 Sky Tracker Map
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M45 - Pleiades
The Pleiades (M45), also known as the Seven Sisters, is an open cluster located in the constellation Taurus. It has been known since antiquity and was later cataloged by Charles Messier in 1771. M45 is one of the nearest open clusters to Earth and contains a bright population of stars.
M45 spans about 17.5 light-years across and contains over 1,000 stars. The cluster is approximately 444 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 1.6, making it visible to the naked eye under most skies.
M45 Image Gallery
DSS Blue
![M45 photo taken with blue filter](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_blue/M45.webp)
DSS Red
![M45 photo taken with red filter](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_red/M45.webp)
DSS Near-Infrared
![M45 photo taken with Near-Infrared filter](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_nir/M45.webp)
DSS Composite image
![M45 color image](https://sky-tonight.com/images/nebulae/256/dss_color/M45.webp)
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for M45
Object name | M45 |
Field of view | |
Limiting magnitude | |
M45 coordinates | 3.76378, 24.36786 |
Center coordinates | 3.76378, 24.36786 |
M45 Passage Through Night
Current position of M45
Time | 04:38 |
Latitude | 39.9625 |
Longitude | -83.0061 |
M45 elevation | 35° |
M45 Azimuth | -86° |
Annual motion of M45
Date | Sun, 28 July 2024 |
Twighlight start | 22:36 |
Twighlight end | 04:31 |
Twighlight duration | 6h 55m |
Rise | 01:23 |
Set | 16:19 |
Elevation at transit | 74° |
Transit time | 08:51 |
Equatorial coordinate | RA: 03h 45m 49s, Dec: 24° 22' 04" |
Magnitude | - |
Constellation | Taurus |