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DescriptionPleiades large.jpg	العربية: الثُريَّا، إحدى العناقيد النجميَّة المُكوَّنة من حوالي 3,000 نجم تقريبًا على بُعد 400 سنة ضوئيَّة (120 فرسخ فلكيّ) من الأرض ضمن كوكبة الثور. تُعرفُ أيضًا باسم "الشقيقات السبع"، أو وفق التسمية الفلكيَّة NGC 1432/35 وM45. English: The Pleiades, an open cluster consisting of approximately 3,000 stars at a distance of 400 light-years (120 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation of Taurus. It is also known as ‘The Seven Sisters’, or the astronomical designations NGC 1432/35 and M45. Español: Las Pléyades, en la constelación de Tauro, es un cúmulo abierto formado por unas 3000 estrellas ubicado a unos 400 años luz (120 parsecs) de la Tierra. También se le conoce como «Las siete hermanas», «Las siete cabritillas» o con los términos astronómicos NGC 1432/35 y M45. Français : Les Pléiades, un amas ouvert d’environ 3000 étoiles et situé à une distance de 400 années-lumière (120 parsecs) de la Terre dans la constellation du Taureau. Elles sont aussi appelées « les Sept Sœurs », ou par les désignations astronomiques NGC 1432/35 et M45. Latina: Pleiades, in lingua latina classica Vergiliae, sunt cumulus stellarum apertus in sideribus Tauro situs. Русский: Плеяды, рассеянное звёздное скопление состоящие из приблизительно 3000 звёзд на расстоянии 400 световых лет (120 парсек) от Земли в созвездии Тельца. Имеет собственное имя «Семь сестёр», старинное русское название — Стожары или Волосожары, в Библии и Торе — Кима. Астрономические обозначения: М45 и NGC 1432/35. Українська: Стожари, розсіяне зоряне скупчення що складається приблизно з 3000 зірок на відстані 400 світлових років (120 парсек) від Землі в сузір'ї Тельця. Має власне ім'я «семеро сестер», старовинна назва — Волосожари, у Біблії та Торі — Кіма. Астрономічсніе позначення: М45 и NGC 1432/35.
Date	1 June 2004
Source	https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2004/20/1562-Image.html?Topic=104-stars-and-nebulas&keyword=pleiades (TIF image link)
Author	NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory _{The science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.)}
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:07, 8 January 2022	4,877 × 3,515 (21.3 MB)	ToBeFree	The original file is a 49.1 MiB TIFF. Recompressing it with "-quality 100" using imagemagick results in this 21 MiB JPG file. I assume it is of (considerably) higher quality than the previous uploads. I'll also upload a .png with the same filename
	20:59, 13 September 2009	4,877 × 3,515 (2.02 MB)	Bluepjs23	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Pleiades Star Cluster }} \|Source=http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/NVA2~8~8~13882~114423:Hubble-Refines-Distance-to-Pleiades?qvq=q:Pleiades;lc:nasaNAS~20~20,NVA2~14~14,NVA2~28~28,nasaNAS~4~4,nasaNAS~5~5,NVA2~8
	15:51, 23 February 2009	4,877 × 3,515 (1.83 MB)	TomTheHand	Losslessly reduced file size with JPEGTRAN
	22:04, 6 September 2005	4,877 × 3,515 (1.99 MB)	Startaq
	22:34, 26 March 2005	800 × 600 (58 KB)	David Vasquez~commonswiki	The Pleiades. Credit: NASA/ESA/AURA/Caltech. PD photo and credits copied from Wikipedia. {{PD}}

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