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This is an open star cluster, called The Pleiades. Its scientific name is Messier 45. It lies in the constellation of Taurus. The Pleiades can be seen with unaided eye as a fuzzy ball in the sky. Take a bino and count the stars. With naked eye you can count up to seven stars,so they are called the seven sisters, based in the greek mythology.
An EOS 20D fixed on a 8 inch telescope was used for this picture. The total exposure time was 90 minutes.
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~BluDrgn426 Oct 19, 2011  Professional Digital Artist
freakin awesome
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*Sun-Seeker Mar 11, 2009
Do you know that when I was young I could stare at the southern sky and after a while I could count about 18 stars.. these days I can just make out an indistinct blue but I can still find them in the sky. Beautiful shot.
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~BibiuX Aug 6, 2008
wow..I just love it!!:)...and I also love astronomy..so good job!:)
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~SomniCelestia Apr 27, 2008  Student Interface Designer
Those are my favorite Sisters!

Look at my gallery, I even tried to recreate that scene.
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~LobotomizedGoat Mar 8, 2008  Hobbyist Photographer
It looks like you had wonderful conditions for this exposure. Nicely done.
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*R-Eventide Mar 4, 2008  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Wow, nice! You even got some of the reflection nebulae, there! Wonderful photography.
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=starlit-sky Feb 25, 2008
90 mins:faint:
man,what can i say.congrats!:clap:
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Mood: Joy ~Cindy-trekfan Feb 10, 2008
I can see it very faintly at night. I saw it ones through a telescope. I LOVE this picture :)
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~kopfgeist79 Feb 14, 2008
thank you :) the pleiades are a lovely star cluster
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~kopfgeist79 Feb 5, 2008
in this pic, the stars might look very bright, but to naked eye, it is impossible to see the stars between the very bright ones.
for such an image, absolutely dark sky is needed. during the exposure time of app. 90 minutes, there mustn't be absolutely any motion. the telescope must be fixed on a stable mount.
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