Colorful Pleiades Star Cluster Baseball T-Shirts

Colorful space art.

This illustration represents the Pleiades, a star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. This famous asterism was of mythic significance to cultures throughout the ancient world, and has gone by many names, including: Mǎo (Chinese), Thurayya (Arabic), Krittika (Hindu), Messier 45 (M45), Melotte 22, and of course, the Pleiades (the seven divine daughters of Pleione and Atlas) in Greek.

Pleiadum Constellatio

Pleiades star cluster, optical image. This open star cluster is located around 436 light years from Earth, in the constellation of Taurus.

Spitzer Space Telescope High Resolution Astronomy The Pleiades in Infrared poster for enthusiast astronomer with love of astrophotography for bedroom wall art graphic telescope view astronomical space pics from Hubble JWST and Spitzer

This is a stack of 92 images combined to show the path of the stars as they rose over the mittens and Merrick Butte in Monument Valley, Arizona. The time span for the complete sequence was an hour. The red glow in the distance is, I believe, the lights of Bluff, Utah. The star cluster over the red glow, between the East Mitten and West Mitten, is Pleiades, also known as M45.

NASA Official Hubble 25th Anniversary Image

A mid century modern star design based on the Pleiades adds a cool stellar vibe to these gift items. Search for Makanahele to see my other designs.

A mid century modern star design based on the Pleiades adds a cool stellar vibe to these gift items. Search for Makanahele to see my other designs.