Posted on Dec 5, 2022
APOD: 2022 December 5 - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
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Good morning, Rallypoint, and welcome to the December 5th edition of Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD):"Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster." The Pleiades (aka M45) are visible for most of the night in the northern hemisphere now. But not with this kind of clarity. Today's APOD was captured over the course of 11 hours by the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. The observatory is perched at ~3,800 feet above sea level near Coonabarabran in New South Wales.
The dust cloud and reflection nebula gives this image an almost magical appearance. In Greek mythology, the Pleiades are the seven companions of Artemis, goddess of the Hunt. The Titan Atlas and Oceanid Pleione were their parents.
The dust cloud and reflection nebula gives this image an almost magical appearance. In Greek mythology, the Pleiades are the seven companions of Artemis, goddess of the Hunt. The Titan Atlas and Oceanid Pleione were their parents.
APOD: 2022 December 5 - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
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The Seven Sisters of Pleiades - Forever Conscious
From October to March, if you look up to the sky, you will see a cluster of seven stars known as the Pleiades. As they shine so brightly, the Pleiades stars have been recorded in ancient texts and drawings across many civilizations including the Greeks, Egyptians, Indians, Australian Aboriginals, Native Americans, Japanese, and more. In […]
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I always search for the Pleiades in the night sky...it's pretty much a constant.
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