Ihr seht gerade die schmale #Mondsichel am Westhimmel? Es lohnt sich, mit einem Fernglas hinzuschauen, sie steht nämlich direkt oberhalb der #Plejaden!

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Evening trio - The crescent moon, Venus, and the Pleiades...in three views as twilight progresses.

First view captures the moon and Venus, but it was still too bright for the Pleiades. The band of orange-yellow twilight sky gives lots of contrast to the rest of the sky.

Second view is a close look at Venus and the moon. Earthshine is obvious on the rest of the moon's disk.

Third view captures the blue stars of the Pleiades as twilight gets darker.

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My favourite constellation Pleiades has now disappeared into the sunset haze which for me is a marker of the end of summer.
Using analog methods to work out when the 7 Sisters will appear in the morning sky

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M 45 - Pleiades - AKA Seven Sisters
An open star cluster situated about 440 lights years away. The local cluster actually contains up to 1000 fairly young stars. They glow bright blue and shine through nebulae - one of the jewels of the Winter sky.

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