Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                              2026 February 23
     [2]A cluster of blue stars is seen against a starfield of brown and
   clumpy dust. The stars illuminate some of the nearby dust which causes
     the dust to glow blue. Please see the explanation for more detailed
                                information.

                  Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
                Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Kamil Fiedosiuk

   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 [4]Pleiades can be seen with the unaided eye even from the depths
   of a [5]light-polluted city. With a long exposure from a dark location,
   though, the dust cloud surrounding the [6]Pleiades star [7]cluster
   becomes very evident. The [8]featured 18-hour exposure, taken from
   [9]Bory Tucholskie, [10]Poland covers a sky area several times the size
   of the full [11]moon. Also known as the [12]Seven Sisters and [13]M45,
   [14]the Pleiades lies about 400 [15]light years away toward the
   constellation of the Bull ([16]Taurus). A [17]common legend with a
   [18]modern twist is that one of the brighter stars faded since the
   cluster was named, leaving only [19]six of the sister stars visible to
   the unaided eye. The actual number of [20]Pleiades stars visible,
   however, may be more or less than seven, depending on the [21]darkness
   of the surrounding sky and the [22]clarity of the observer's eyesight.

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   3. https://app.astrobin.com/u/count.neverest
   4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades
   5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200408.html
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   7. http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=18009
   8. https://app.astrobin.com/i/mrcht6
   9. https://youtu.be/cCPooWUoVSU
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland
  11. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/
  12. https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-oldest-story-astronomers-say-global-myths-about-seven-sisters-stars-may-reach-back-100-000-years-151568
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250305.html
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  15. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/light-year/en/
  16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)
  17. https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.1592
  18. http://kencroswell.com/GD50.html
  19. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/b3/21/a9b321789591e2839c773669a5aa03bd.jpg
  20. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6prI0Zfw80
  21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010827.html
  22. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Snellen_chart.svg
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  31. https://apod.com/feed.rss
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  34. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=260223
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