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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.   
      
                                  2022 December 5   
          The featured image shows many blue stars clustered together in   
      blue-glowing gas and dust. Please see the explanation for more detailed   
                                   information.   
      
                     Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster   
      Image Credit & Copyright: Blake Estes (iTelescope Siding Spring Obs.) &   
                                  Christian Sasse   
      
      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 with the unaided eye even from 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 11-hour exposure, taken from the Siding Spring   
      Observatory in Australia, 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.   
      
        Your Sky Surprise: What picture did APOD feature on your birthday?   
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                      Tomorrow's picture: star birth mountain   
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