Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Merope Nebula  ·  IC 349  ·  Maia Nebula  ·  Merope Nebula  ·  NGC 1432  ·  NGC 1435  ·  The star 18Tau  ·  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
The Seven Sisters with Venus, Charles Duarte FRAS
The Seven Sisters with Venus
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The Seven Sisters with Venus

The Seven Sisters with Venus, Charles Duarte FRAS
The Seven Sisters with Venus
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The Seven Sisters with Venus

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They're called the Seven Sisters, Better known as the Pleiades star cluster, this lovely group in the shape of a miniature Big Dipper enchants the eye on winter/ autumn nights. The Pleiades is one of brightest star clusters in the sky. It contains some 3,000 stars and lies about 444 light-years from Earth. Using the ZWO 1600 camera, exposures L 100 x 10 frames, RGB 120sec x10 frames each. Venus is visible on the right of the object.

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The Seven Sisters with Venus, Charles Duarte FRAS