Astronomy Picture of the Day - Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 24 Nov, 2021 | Image Credit & Copyright: Damien Cannane

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: 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 without binoculars from even 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 exposure, taken from Florida, USA, 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.

[goodnesswins]

Would this be a good starter telescope? (need a present for the hub)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Four millennia ago--long before today's technology was available--Job quoted God's claim that the Pleiades' stars don't merely appear gravitationally bound but actually are: “Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades?" Job 38:31

Astronomers finally were able to confirm that claim in the 20th Century.

Associated with it was another claim, that the stars in Orion's cord also are bound. And that claim also was confirmed.

[goodnesswins]

https://www.amazon.com/Celestron-NexStar-5-SE-Telescope/dp/B000GUHOYE#

[goodnesswins]

See post 23

[gloryblaze]

They like to hide those pet photos in the hot links!...

They're the frosting on the cake. If not for them, all my posts to your threads would look downright nonsensical.

[metmom]

Thanks for that.

[MtnClimber]

Post #23 has a suggestion. I did a small amount of consulting for the Webb Space Telescope project, but neither you nor I can afford one for ourselves!

[cpforlife.org]

I clicked on that Amazon link and an app I have found it for hundreds less

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/440807-REG/Celestron_11036_NexStar_5_SE_5_0_127mm.html?SID=kwf8oupiuo0248sc02fa9

[goodnesswins]

Thank you...I’d like to hear opinions on if it’s a decent one...too

[doorgunner69]

About the only celestial object other than a few planets I can ID

[MtnClimber]

For me, the moon is the easiest to ID if I don’t get mixed up, but maybe it is just me:)

[jmacusa]

I have a Newtonian with a 6 inch mirror.

The first image I was able to see was The Ring Nebula.

It was amazing.

[Red Badger]

One of the few star groups mentioned in the Bible.......................