inspired by:

• the pleiades star cluster (messier 45) [1, 2]
• the california poppy (always in my heart) [3]
• biting. *bites*

info:

1: https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-45-pleiades
2: https://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-Pleiades-Star-Cluster
3: https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=3512

#pleiades #constellation #starCluster #m45 #messierObjects #outerSpace #poppy #californiaPoppy #flowers

C'est bien joli par ici...

Et ça grimpe à #crémaillère vers les #Pléiades.

#VoieMétrique #MVR

The "missing star" of the #Pleiades, often called the Lost Pleiad, refers to why the cluster is known globally as the "Seven Sisters" even though most people can only see six stars with the naked eye.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Missing-Star-of-the-Pleiades-69e9a6385c78adfe44793a7e

2026 April 29

The Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades
* Image Credit & Copyright: Gianni Tumino
https://www.facebook.com/giovanni.tumino.58/
* Text: Keighley Rockcliffe (NASA GSFC, UMBC CSST, CRESST II)
https://kerockcliffe.com/

Explanation:
No, Earth did not recently acquire six more moons! Today’s APOD is a combination of images following the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades across a southern Sicilian sky as twilight turned to evening on April 19. From 2023 to 2029, the Pleiades' and the Moon “visit" each other once per month due to the Pleiades' location in the ecliptic plane. April 2026 saw the celestial alignment of their visit with Venus. About six stars in the Pleiades cluster (Messier 45) are typically visible with the unaided eye. Due to the cluster’s visibility across the world, there are many myths and legends across cultures associated with the Pleiades. The Haudenosaunee people of North America, for example, say that seven boys danced so enthusiastically that they lifted off into the sky. Astronomers recently found thousands more Pleiades members, showing that after thousands of years of gazing upon this cluster, there is yet more to learn about the Pleiades.
https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/pleiades-star-cluster-enjoys-worldwide-renown/
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250408.html
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-ecliptic-what-is-the-ecliptic/
https://science.nasa.gov/venus/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/science/explore-the-night-sky/hubble-messier-catalog/messier-45/
https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/who-we-are/
https://nightskytourist.com/pleiades/
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/tess/nasas-tess-spacecraft-triples-size-of-pleiades-star-cluster/

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/fap/ap260429.html

#space #pleiades #astrophotography #photography #science #astronomy #nature #NASA #education #apod