Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star Atlas (27Tau)  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Pleione (28Tau)  ·  The star Sterope I (21Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau

Image of the day 01/31/2022

    A Cluster on a Cloud - The Pleiades, Morris Yoder
    A Cluster on a Cloud - The Pleiades
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    A Cluster on a Cloud - The Pleiades

    Image of the day 01/31/2022

      A Cluster on a Cloud - The Pleiades, Morris Yoder
      A Cluster on a Cloud - The Pleiades
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      A Cluster on a Cloud - The Pleiades

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      This composition of Pleiades strikes me as illustrating the curvature of spacetime. The swooping tendrils of dust look like a stand-in for the wire-frame lines normally placed under a massive object or cluster to give an example of spacetime warp. This cluster has been admired through antiquity, and for good reason.
      Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades? (Job 38:31)

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      A Cluster on a Cloud - The Pleiades, Morris Yoder

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