Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star Celaeno (16Tau)  ·  The star Electra (17Tau)  ·  The star Merope (23Tau)  ·  The star Taygeta (19Tau)  ·  The star ηTau
The Pleaides / Seven Sisters, Cottage Astrophotography
The Pleaides / Seven Sisters
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The Pleaides / Seven Sisters, Cottage Astrophotography
The Pleaides / Seven Sisters
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The Seven Sisters are really easy to spot... look into the eastern sky in the early evening and you will see a small cluster of stars about the size of the moon. They're so bright that they're even visible with the naked eye during a full moon under heavy light pollution.

But under the dark skies at the lake, the true picture emerges, as the sisters dance on a reflective dust cloud that created them 100 million years ago.

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The Pleaides / Seven Sisters, Cottage Astrophotography