Messier Object 45 - SEDS Messier Database
Known pre-historically. Mentioned by Homer about 750 B.C., by biblical Amos about 750 B.C., and by Hesiod about 700 B.C. The Pleiades, also known as Messier 45 (M45), are among those objects which are known since the earliest times. At least 6 member ......