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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Moon Visits Sister Stars
NASA ^ | 8 Apr, 2025 | Image Credit: Cayetana Saiz

Posted on 04/08/2025 11:56:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Sometimes, the Moon visits the Pleiades. Technically, this means that the orbit of our Moon takes it directly in front of the famous Pleiades star cluster, which is far in the distance. The technical term for the event is an occultation, and the Moon is famous for its rare occultations of all planets and several well-known bright stars. The Moon's tilted and precessing orbit makes its occultations of the Seven Sisters star cluster bunchy, with the current epoch starting in 2023 continuing monthly until 2029. After that, though, the next occultation won't occur until 2042. Taken from Cantabria, Spain on April 1, the featured image is a composite where previous exposures of the Pleiades from the same camera and location were digitally added to the last image to bring up the star cluster's iconic blue glow.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 04/08/2025 11:56:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 04/08/2025 11:56:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 04/08/2025 11:58:00 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Bkmk


4 posted on 04/08/2025 11:59:35 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: MtnClimber

Beautiful.


5 posted on 04/08/2025 12:05:09 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Never attribute malice to that which can be explained by incompetence.)
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To: MtnClimber

Comin’ from the space to teach you of the Pleiades


6 posted on 04/08/2025 12:07:41 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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“Comin’ from the space to teach you of the Pleiades”
Or is it Subaru?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru


7 posted on 04/08/2025 12:12:53 PM PDT by rellic (No such thing as a moderate Moslem or Democrat )
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To: MtnClimber

There are two kinds of men in this world. Those who have pressed their naked buttocks against the inside of a car window during the day, on a busy road.
And those who have not.
M-O-O-N. That spells moon laws yes. Tom Cullen

Sorry star gazers. I had to get that out.


8 posted on 04/08/2025 12:28:13 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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Sure would like to see photographer’s settings to get some of these shots.

Not the multiple exposure layer productions, just fairly simple stuff that an amateur might try.


9 posted on 04/08/2025 12:36:14 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: doorgunner69

IOW, not this sort of stuff:

“a composite where previous exposures of the Pleiades from the same camera and location were digitally added “


10 posted on 04/08/2025 12:37:56 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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To: MtnClimber

Wow.


11 posted on 04/08/2025 12:47:03 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: tumblindice

Hey, we have a sense of humor. We just don’t eat the green cheese….


12 posted on 04/08/2025 6:45:09 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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