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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.
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The Pleiades, an open cluster consisting of approximately 3,000 stars
Amas d'étoiles des Pléiades
Le Pleiadi (conosciute anche come le Sette sorelle, la Chioccetta o con la sigla M45 del catalogo di Charles Messier) sono un ammasso aperto visibile nella costellazione del Toro. @Alfio
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