#pleiades
....a powerful #lunar #eclipse cardinal t square, to come this autumn
the full moon total eclipse with #uranus and square #saturn, loaded with powerful star alignments..looks like a game changer...eclipses usually brings things to a head
...the old(saturn) and new(uranus) are eternally at odds, one creates the other, so it is with opposites..libra is the 3rd arm, balance..energetic eclipse
..nov 8th, date of u.s. midterm vote
for this event the #sun will be conjunct orange alpha libra star ZUBENELGENUBI and parallel white star #SIRIUS...Moon will be parallel white star ALHENA
.. #mars will be parallel the #PLEIADES and out of bounds
..uranus, with the moon, continues in alignment with red MENKAR
...saturn parallel DENEB ALGEDI, and SIRIUS
..all in all a mix of good and bad
from #ianwood
"An incredible thunderstorm was underway when I took the picture," says Lioce. "With one camera I captured a red sprite just above the #Pleiades star cluster. With a second camera, equipped with a longer lens, I caught a close-up view of the very same #sprite (inset). It was super lucky!"
"The picture has been taken close to the French village of Valensole," says Lioce, "but actually the storm and the sprite were over Italy more than 200 km away." It turns out, that is the perfect distance for catching sprites.
From Pleiades to Hyades
Credit & Copyright : Rogelio Bernal AndreoExplanation: This cosmic vista stretches almost 20 degrees across the gentle constellation Taurus. It begins at the Pleiades and ends at the Hyades, two of the best known star clusters in planet Earth's sky. At left, the lovely Pleiades star cluster is about 400 light-years away. In a familiar celestial scene, the cluster stars shine through dusty clouds that scatter blue starlight. At right, the V-shaped Hyades cluster looks more spread out compared to the compact Pleiades and lies much closer, 150 light-years distant. Of course, the Hyades cluster stars seem anchored by bright Aldebaran, a red giant star with a yellowish appearance. But Aldebaran actually lies only 65 light-years away, by chance along the line of sight to the Hyades cluster. Faint dust clouds found near the edge of the Taurus Molecular Cloud are also evident throughout the remarkable 12 panel mosaic. The wide field of view includes the youthful star T Tauri and Hind's variable nebula about four degrees left of Aldebaran on the sky.
The Pleiades are 444.2 lightyears far from earth... that is 136.19 parsec. [+]
Another source tells that the cluster is between 434 and 446 light years from Earth. [+]
Disasters Charter auf Twitter: "These latest maps of the #HungaTongaHungaHaapai eruption use #Pleiades and WorldView imagery to compare parts of Nomuka and Nuku Alofa islands before and after the eruption: https://t.co/hZ4vheqRwg #TongaVolcano https://t.co/5w4PEnTMW8" / Twitter
https://twitter.com/DisastersChart/status/1483848374868709389
The Pleiades
One of my favourite things in the night sky! 🤩
Taken in 2016 at a local astronomy club evening.
Canon EOS 5Dii | Canon EF 70-210mm f/4 | 60 sec at f/5.6 | ISO 400 | StarTracker
Spikes added in post.
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