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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       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.   
      
                                 2021 November 24   
      
                     Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster   
                     Image Credit & Copyright: Damien Cannane   
      
      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 Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a   
      light-polluted city. With a long exposure from a dark location, though,   
      the dust cloud surrounding the Pleiades star cluster becomes very   
      evident. The featured exposure, taken from Florida, USA, covers a sky   
      area several times the size of the full moon. Also known as the Seven   
      Sisters and M45, the Pleiades lies about 400 light years away toward   
      the constellation of the Bull (Taurus). A common legend with a modern   
      twist is that one of the brighter stars faded since the cluster was   
      named, leaving only six of the sister stars visible to the unaided eye.   
      The actual number of Pleiades stars visible, however, may be more or   
      less than seven, depending on the darkness of the surrounding sky and   
      the clarity of the observer's eyesight.   
      
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