Posted on 12/05/2022 1:15:42 PM PST by 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 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 11-hour exposure, taken from the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, 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.
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
What is as amazing as the main picture subject cluster is the vast number of stars in the background that we cannot see unaided.
Need some serious UV sunblock in that neighborhood.
SUBARU!....................
There are more than seven members to that star cluster, I forget how many.
A beautiful winter object
(The Name 'Seven Sisters' rang a bell in my brain.)
These of course are NOT to be confused with the three 'Sisters'
in the Cascade range of Oregon (North Sister, South Sister and Middle Sister).
This concludes today's geography lesson.
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“Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said......can you bind the chains of Pleiades, or loose the cords of Orion?” Job 38:31
Lots more than seven. Wikipedia says over 1,000 stars have been identified as belonging to the cluster. I once saw either 10 or 11 without optical aid, on a very clear night at about 8,000’ in the Sierra Nevada.
I go out at night just to look at them
(I see that today's geography lesson has NOT yet concluded.)
In UFO spookology, the Pleiades is the home of the Nordic aliens.
“The Pleiadians are aliens from the Pleiades star cluster, referred to sometimes as the “Seven Sisters” and designated as M45.
Many people believe that the Pleiadians are descendents of a species called the Lyrans, who may come from Vega. But nobody seems to be 100% clear on this. It may just be that the Lyrans and Pleiadians have a long association. Still others seem to refer to the two species interchangeably.
It is also believed that the Pleiadians may have some direct link to us, for example, that we may both be descended from Lyrans, and therefore are “brother” species of a sort.
Some people also believe that some (possibly Native Americans), but not all, humans are descended from Pleiadians, who may have spent time on Earth in the past.
Pleiadians are generally described as tall, blonde aliens with very light skin, thus the nickname “Nordic” aliens. Their appearance is more or less Scandinavian, and it generally seems to be agreed that they are very good-looking.
Pleiadians seem to have males and females. They have unusual digestive systems which allow them to expel waste through their pores. The form-fitting clothing they wear can then absorb it and recycle it for other uses. While this species is sometimes reported to be able to consume meat, it seems that they vastly prefer to eat plants.
It is widely believed that the Pleiadians have evolved far beyond us from a spiritual perspective. They are apparently compassionate, friendly, protective entities, and may possess psychic powers.”
Not that I believe any of this. I don’t, but hear it often.
It seems that the Pleiadians may have too much white privilege.
And according to some UFO nuts the Pleiadeans have a base on Antarctica and worked with the Nazis during WWII. Today they’ve made a secret agreement with the U.S. government to only abduct people in national parks for their hybrid breeding experiments.
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