Properties of the Pleiades

Name of Star 

HD Identifier

mv

B-V

Mv

Parallax

(mas)

Distance 

(Parsecs)

Spectral

Type

Alcyone

23630

2.86

-0.86

-2.4

8.87

112.74

B7III

Atlas

23850

5.45

-0.070

0.12

8.57

116.69

 B8III

Asterope I

23432

5.76

-0.036

0.4

8.43

118.62

 B8V

Asterope II

23441

6.43

-0.020

1.25

9.21

108.58

 AOVn

Celaeno

23288

5.45

-0.034

0.4

9.75

102.56

 B7IV

Elektra

23302

3.72

-0.105

-1.56

8.80

113.64

 B6III

Maia

23408

3.87

-0.063

-1.34

9.06

110.38

 B8III

Merope

23480

4.14

-0.051

-1.07

9.08

110.13

 B6IV

Pleione

23862

5.05

-0.82

-0.324

8.42

118.76

 B7p

Taygeta

23338

4.3

-0.110

-1

8.75

114.29

B6V
mv= apparent magnitude
Mv= absolute magnitude
mas= milli-arcseconds=10^(3) arcseconds
 

Christina and I both configured data. We recieved parallax, B-V, and the apparent magnitud from the online Hipparcos catalog.


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