Pleiades Cluster

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(References to Pleiades Cluster)

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

X: 218.29 Y: -322.35

The Pleiades are a star cluster that is 389,31 light years rimward of Terra in the Federated Suns' Capellan March. It contains the inhabitated systems of Maia, Electra and Merope.

Description

The Pleiades or Seven Sisters contains over 1,000 members and are dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous B-type stars. A dust cloud in the interstellar medium that the stars are currently passing through forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars (hence the alternate name Maia Nebula after the star Maia). The cluster core radius is about 8 light years and tidal radius is about 43 light years.

The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.

History

Visible with the naked eye at the Terran night sky the major systems of the Pleiades were already discovered and named early during the Pre-Spaceflight Era. After its founding the colonies of the star cluster joined the Taurian Concordat but were annexed by the Federated Suns in the wake of the Reunification War.

The Pleiades Campaign

In the January of 3067 the Concordat tried to exploit the weakness of the Federated Suns in the wake of the FedCom Civil War and sent troops to reconquer the Pleiades lost 300 years ago. The Taurian force, among them the Pleiades Hussars and the Pleiades Lancers trying to recapture their ancient homeworlds, initially made remarkable progress and reached the cluster in March. Then came the Davion counter assault that caused great damage among the Taurian forces, only the troops in the cluster could stood their ground. The tide turned again with the outbreak of the Jihad were the Davion leadership was thrown into chaos due to the occupation of New Avalon. At the end of the Jihad the Pleiades were under control of the TDF.

Owner History

• 2571 - Taurian Concordat
• 2822 - Federated Suns
• 2864 - Federated Suns
• 3025 - Federated Suns
• 3030 - Federated Suns
• 3040 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3058 - Federated Commonwealth
• 3067 - Federated Suns
• 3130 - Taurian Concordat

Nearby Systems

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planet	Distance (LY)	Jumps	2571	2822	2864	3025	3030	3040	3058	3067	3130
Electra	3.05	1	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	TC
Maia	4.08	1	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	TC
Merope	5.01	1	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	TC
Ridgebrook	15.13	1	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	TC
New Syrtis	27.78	1	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Flintoft	28.60	1	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Deifenbaker	28.72	1	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Taygeta	30.36	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Brusett	30.70	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Lindsay	32.33	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	TC
Carmichael	34.22	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Mandaree	35.80	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Brockway	36.82	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	TC
Firgrove	39.81	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Kaitangata	43.01	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Mithron	45.03	2	N	TC	TC	TC	TC	TC	TC	TC	P
Aucara	46.52	2	N	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Wrentham	46.55	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Robsart	50.42	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Midale	50.86	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	TC
Lothair	53.36	2	N	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Ashley	53.61	2	CC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Atreus Prime	55.53	2	N	TC	TC	TC	TC	TC	TC	TC	P
Cumberland	55.83	2	N	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Oltepesi	56.63	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Mordialloc	56.71	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Shaunavon	56.72	2	CC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Okains	57.16	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Jaipur	57.18	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Keuterville	58.87	2	TC	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS
Hobson	59.25	2	FS	FS	FS	FS	FS	FC	FC	FS	FS

Notes

The flag of the Pleiades is an eagle backed by a triangular field.

Bibliography

• Handbook: Major Periphery States
• wikipedia.org