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Posted on 12/17/2025 9:13:35 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: The lovely Pleiades star cluster shines in Earth's night sky, a compact group of stars some 400 light-years distant toward the constellation Taurus and the Orion Arm of our Milky Way galaxy. Recognized since ancient times, the remarkable celestial gathering is visible to the unaided eye. The Pleiades cluster is also well-placed for viewing from both northern and southern hemispheres, and over the centuries has become connected to many cultural traditions and celebrations, including the cross-quarter day celebration Halloween. In Greek myth, the Pleiades were seven daughters of the astronomical titan Atlas and sea-nymph Pleione. Galileo first sketched the star cluster viewed through his telescope with stars too faint to be seen by eye and Charles Messier recorded the position of the cluster as the 45th entry in his well-known catalog of things which are not comets. In this dramatic night skyscape from planet Earth, the stars of the Pleiades appear embedded in dusty blue reflection nebulae, poised above Mt Sefton, one of the tallest peaks in New Zealand. There known as Matariki, the star cluster is associated with the celebration of the Maori new year.
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Mentioned in the Book of Job in the Bible, this cluster is said by God to be ,”bound with chains.” Interesting that people 5000 years ago knew these stars were all close enough to each other to be influenced gravitationally. What are the odds of that?
Just kidding— God put them there so he knows.
I knew a guy that claimed he and his cat were from the Pleiades. He sometimes referred to people as “monkey-faces.” Looks like his entire home world resembles a monkey.
Wow.
Cool.
Wow! Do you think that is true? :)
Why would he lie?
I'd like to plead not guilty for the one that is second to the right. She's sort of in the background. But she's not an exhibitionist showing a lot of side boobs like 5 of her sisters. And the sixth sister needs to wash her toga, it's sort of brown.
Probably none of the pleiades sisters are bad. They’re just drawn that way. - Jessica Rabbit
I bet one Pleiades sister is the good one and the others are conniving for her destruction in some kind of supernova blowup. Just my guess, maybe I am jaded.
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