#pleiades — Public Fediverse posts
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There was a pretty intense night sky last night with #pleiades meteors making appearances and a lightening show south of that.
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De mon divan (Hâfez)
De mon divan, de mon tapis, mon roseau turc qui s'en alla, quel fut mon crime pour qu'il partît jusqu'en Chine, et s'en allât ? Je reste seul, abandonné. Où sont dans ses yeux les Pléiades ? Sans eux, les miens ont tout perdu, tout mon bien s'en fut, s'en alla. Le flambeau de nos nuits passées nous illuminait, flamme pure. Sur son paraphe de fumée, le fil de mon cœur s'en alla. Le flambeau de nos nuits passées nous illuminait, flamme pure. Sur son paraphe de fumée, […]https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/07/11/de-mon-divan-hafez/
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Hey, #Mars is back in the sky, kind of: during this dawn's #NLC observations - https://scicomm.xyz/@cosmos4u/116856704538285809 - I also scanned for the planet underneath the #Pleiades and got it photographically (1 second at f/2.8 and ISO 800) but couldn't see either object naked-eye.
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#KnowledgeByte: The "missing star" of the #Pleiades, often called the Lost Pleiad, refers to why the cluster is known globally as the "Seven Sisters" even though most people can only see six stars with the naked eye.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Missing-Star-of-the-Pleiades-69e9a6385c78adfe44793a7e
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See Mars Among The ‘Seven Sisters Stars’ For The Last Time Until 2034
Topline With the summer solstice behind us, the nights begin to lengthen again. This week, the moon is…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #astronomythisweek #AU #Australia #fullmoonJune2026 #Mars #MarsPleiades #moonriseJune29 #nightskythisweekJune2026 #Pleiades #Science #stargazingJune2026 #StrawberrymoonJune2026 #visiblestarsJune
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/752857/ -
inspired by:
• the pleiades star cluster (messier 45) [1, 2]
• the california poppy (always in my heart) [3]
• biting. *bites*info:
1: https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-45-pleiades
2: https://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-Pleiades-Star-Cluster
3: https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=3512#pleiades #constellation #starCluster #m45 #messierObjects #outerSpace #poppy #californiaPoppy #flowers
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The "missing star" of the #Pleiades, often called the Lost Pleiad, refers to why the cluster is known globally as the "Seven Sisters" even though most people can only see six stars with the naked eye.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Missing-Star-of-the-Pleiades-69e9a6385c78adfe44793a7e
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2026 April 29
The Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades
* Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Tumino
https://www.facebook.com/giovanni.tumino.58/
* Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
https://kerockcliffe.com/Explanation:
No, Earth did not recently acquire six more moons! Today’s APOD is a combination of images following the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades across a southern Sicilian sky as twilight turned to evening on April 19. From 2023 to 2029, the Pleiades' and the Moon “visit" each other once per month due to the Pleiades' location in the ecliptic plane. April 2026 saw the celestial alignment of their visit with Venus. About six stars in the Pleiades cluster (Messier 45) are typically visible with the unaided eye. Due to the cluster’s visibility across the world, there are many myths and legends across cultures associated with the Pleiades. The Haudenosaunee people of North America, for example, say that seven boys danced so enthusiastically that they lifted off into the sky. Astronomers recently found thousands more Pleiades members, showing that after thousands of years of gazing upon this cluster, there is yet more to learn about the Pleiades.
https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/pleiades-star-cluster-enjoys-worldwide-renown/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250408.html
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-ecliptic-what-is-the-ecliptic/
https://science.nasa.gov/venus/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/messier-45/
https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/who-we-are/
https://nightskytourist.com/pleiades/
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/tess/nasas-tess-spacecraft-triples-size-of-pleiades-star-cluster/https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/ap260429.html
#space #pleiades #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #education #apod
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The #moon is very close to the #Pleiades today. With strong #Earthshine too. Here's a #timelapse as it sets.
If you pay close attention you can see the relative motion of the moon against the stars.
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Ihr seht gerade die schmale #Mondsichel am Westhimmel? Es lohnt sich, mit einem Fernglas hinzuschauen, sie steht nämlich direkt oberhalb der #Plejaden!
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Evening trio - The crescent moon, Venus, and the Pleiades...in three views as twilight progresses.
First view captures the moon and Venus, but it was still too bright for the Pleiades. The band of orange-yellow twilight sky gives lots of contrast to the rest of the sky.
Second view is a close look at Venus and the moon. Earthshine is obvious on the rest of the moon's disk.
Third view captures the blue stars of the Pleiades as twilight gets darker.
#NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Moon #Crescent #Venus #Pleiades #Twilight #Evening
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🌙A breathtaking celestial encounter!
📅 On March 23, 2026, the Moon will meet the Pleiades (the Seven Sisters) in a stunning sky event.
As the Moon glides past this beautiful star cluster, some of the stars may briefly disappear behind it—creating a rare and magical moment in the night sky. 🌌
🔭 Don’t forget to look up and witness this cosmic show!
📸 SCIENCE & ASTRONOMY
#Astronomy #Moon #Pleiades #SevenSisters #NightSky #Space #Universe
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The Dusty Surroundings of #Orion and the #Pleiades
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Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen with the unaided eye even from the depths of a light-polluted city.
Image Credit & Copyright: Kamil Fiedosiuk
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2026 February 23
Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
* Image Credit & Copyright: Kamil Fiedosiuk
https://app.astrobin.com/u/count.neverestExplanation:
Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen with the unaided eye even from the depths of a light-polluted city. With a long exposure from a dark location, though, the dust cloud surrounding the Pleiades star cluster becomes very evident. The featured 18-hour exposure, taken from Bory Tucholskie, Poland covers a sky area several times the size of the full moon. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades lies about 400 light years away toward the constellation of the Bull (Taurus). A common legend with a modern twist is that one of the brighter stars faded since the cluster was named, leaving only six of the sister stars visible to the unaided eye. The actual number of Pleiades stars visible, however, may be more or less than seven, depending on the darkness of the surrounding sky and the clarity of the observer's eyesight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200408.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210406.html
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=18009
https://app.astrobin.com/i/mrcht6
https://youtu.be/cCPooWUoVSU
https://science.nasa.gov/moon/
https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-oldest-story-astronomers-say-global-myths-about-seven-sisters-stars-may-reach-back-100-000-years-151568https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/ap260223.html
#space #pleiades #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #education #apod
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The James #Webb Space Telescope would probably not be your first choice for observing the large open #StarCluster of the #Pleiades but the authors of the paper "JWST imaging of the Pleiades: anisotropy of turbulence in the cold neutral medium" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.03672 - did it anyway, to study the turbulent energy cascade in the CNM the cluster happens to move through right now. Here is what they saw, with the NIRCam and the F335M filter - for the four cuts from the JWST pictures at the bottom in detail see fig. 2 of the paper.
