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.

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

Bibliography

• Handbook: Major Periphery States
• wikipedia.org