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nomi-be.bsky.social
M45, thePleiades
M45, thePleiades
June 28, 2024 at 4:54 AM
gregnj.bsky.social
#ThePleiades #astronomy #astrophotography #stellafane #stellafane2026 #SeeStarS30Pro
August 17, 2026 at 9:26 PM
judy-joy.bsky.social
So beautiful! 💞

#astronomy #astrophotography #ThePleiades #SevenSisters
peterlewis55.bsky.social Peter Lewis @peterlewis55.bsky.social · Aug 5
At last! The Pleiades (M45) - the 'Seven Sisters' - has finally reached an elevation this summer so I could get an hour on it before dawn this morning. I've photographed them many times but never captured the nebulocity until now. #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.com @photohour.bsky.social
The M45 star cluster, famously known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, is a prominent open star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. It contains the reflection nebulae NGC 1432. Thanks to my DWARF 3 scope, I was able to image it for an hour collecting over a hundred exposures.
August 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
stellarsnafu.bsky.social
The Pleiades aka Seven Sisters. I used my Apertura CarbonStar for this. It's been fun learning to use a newtonian as someone who started with refractors. Imaging session was Nov 2 in my backyard in Virginia. #astrophotography #thepleiades #space
November 16, 2024 at 11:47 AM
angeladunning.bsky.social
#ThePleiades ❤️
bemanastro.bsky.social BEMAN Astrophotography @bemanastro.bsky.social · Sep 16
The Pleiades, also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45 (M45), is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus. #astronomy #astrophotography #telescope #universe #deepsky #sky #stars #animation #3D
September 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
krantzj.bsky.social
The Pleiades and Uranus from Nov 22. A clean and labeled image. More in alt. #BlueTue #ColorADay #EastCoastKin #astrophotography #nightskyphotography #ThePleiades #Pleiades #Uranus #Planets #Taurus
The Pleiades on the left with Uranus on the right as a blue dot. Taken with a Nikon Z5 and a 150mm lens with 60 sec exposures tracked with MoveShootMove Nomad. Processed in PixInsight with 49 out of 62 frames used. This images labels various object using the plate solver script in PixInsight. It is easier to find Uranus here.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
thithyphuth.bsky.social
iPhone astronomy
#aboutlastnight #thepleiades #nightofthehunter
Orion, Taurus and all seven Pleiades shining beyond the still bare tree branches.
March 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
marymcintyreastro.bsky.social
A quick heads-up that tomorrow there is a #LunarOccultation of #M45 #thePleiades visible from the UK. The #CrescentMoon shouldn't overpower the cluster too much. If you have binoculars it will look even better!
March 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
thepleiades.bsky.social
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#pleiadesworks
#hades #hadesgame
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November 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
ecohesfordragons.bsky.social
#BadPoet #Poem #Poetry #Writing #NarrativePoetry #ThePleiades #HopeULikeIt
It takes a thread - 1/9 <—-

“Dance of Seven Sisters”

Upon the breast
of night they gleam.
Seven souls
from an ancient dream.
Daughter’s Atlas,
steadfast, strong.
And Pleione,
who sang their song.

1/9
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 AM
oregonrandy.bsky.social
Sunday = #Stunday! This image from July of 2020 left me stunned and laughing because it was just too much!
This #predawn scene is full of sky celebrities!
You've got #Venus, #ThePleiades, #ISS, #NoctilucentClouds, AND #CometNeowise! #blueskyartshow #photography #astrophotgraphy #📷 #🔭 #EastCoastKin
A predawn photo of the sky, but that's not all! Across the top of the image are many small stars set against a deep blue sky which gradually turns to a gradient of pale yellows and orange of sunrise colors at the horizon toward the bottom of the image. On the far right, and down from the top of the image is the small bright constellation of The Pleiades, and much lower down toward the brightening horizon is the brilliant planet Venus. From the center of the image, and just up to the left is a bright streak of light, slanted down from left to right. That is the trail of the International Space Station over a few seconds of exposure, as it quickly crosses the sky. Below that, closer to the changing colors along the horizon is a ghostly baby blue, twisting cloud that stretches from the left of the image to about the center along the horizon. These are rare clouds very, very high in the atmosphere called "Noctilucent Clouds". (I will post a link to a wiki article on them in the comments) Almost hidden in the advancing dawn colors and the Noctilucent Clouds is a dash of brightness steeply tilted from right, to left. That is the Comet Neowise (Also an article in the comments). Below the horizon are low, getnly rolling hills as far as the eye can see, in a dull gold color of grasses, lit by the light of the Moon (the moon is not in the image frame). Also, along the horizon, and the the far left, is a large grouping of small red lights in the distance. Those are a huge number of safety lights atop electrical wind turbines.
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
wifflesnook.bsky.social
Got some half decent shots of Orion, Jupiter, & the Pleiades last night. Tried the gimbal to hold the phone steady but went back to handheld 10s exposure & then some post processing to enhance & remove the majority of the ambient light.

#astrophotography #nightsky #Orion #Jupiter #ThePleiades
January 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
oalnh.bsky.social
New moon… and once again, cloudy as f*ck. But we saw it coming! Before closing the previous cycle, we revisited our favourite sisters. Seven, to be precise. Here’s a fresh look at #ThePleiades! [🧵 THREAD] #astrophotography #extremadura
March 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
blamephotos.bsky.social
My more recent images, Barnard 33 - The Horsehead Nebula and M45 - The Pleiades

#barnard33 #thepleiades #m45 #b33 #astrophotography #pleiades #thehorseheadnebula #horseheadnebula
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 AM
aquariids.bsky.social
Alcyone, Merope and Maia. Just a few of the ladies of The Pleiades. Taken sometime last year, first post here. #astrophotography #thepleiades #m45 #space
May 12, 2023 at 8:45 PM
marymcintyreastro.bsky.social
#LunarOccultation of #M45 #ThePleiades 1 Apr '25. I photographed it from Preston, Lancs. Canon 1100D + Sigma 300mm zoom lens on a static tripod. I didn't stay out for the entire event but I've created a short video of what I did capture #WaxingCrescentMoon #Earthshine
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
thestoryalchemist.bsky.social
#ThePleiades are 440 light years away. Cultures separated by oceans and thousands of years still remember them as seven stars. The “Seven Sisters” are named:

Alcyone
Celaeno
Electra
Maia
Merope (the lost star)
Taygete
Sterope

In #GreekMythology, they are the daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
ellieyellu.bsky.social 📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚 @ellieyellu.bsky.social · May 17
The constellation Pleiades, "The Seven Sisters", is named with the number "seven" in cultures spanning the globe

There have only been six visible to the naked eye for the past 100,000 years

The memory of a seventh star is a story older than history

A story that echoes in the ancient sky
May 17, 2026 at 2:13 AM
tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Last minute addition to this morning observations by the Odyssey Pro - #m45 #thepleiades. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur
M45 The Pleiades - telescope processed image. The luminous blue reflection nebula surrounding the stars is not leftover birth material, but an unrelated interstellar dust cloud M45 is currently passing through. M45 The Pleiades - unprocessed image. Because it is so close to Earth (~444 light-years), measuring the precise distance to M45 has served as a vital benchmark for calibrating the cosmic distance ladder.
September 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
warlockmediawiz.bsky.social
“Sweetie, you’re glowing”,
we said to the #Moon,
as she hung
gorgeous and glorious
in the night sky;
a 21.4% #WaxingCrescent,
artfully,
and perhaps
strategically placed,
next to #thePleiades star cluster,
or #SevenSisters
(Messier 45; M45).
✨✨✨✨✨✨✨
March 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
jstcpatrick.bsky.social
The waning gibbous moon was near the Pleiades star cluster Thursday evening.

#Stargazing #Moon #ThePleiades #Astronomy #NightSky
1 of 2 Photo: A slightly less than full moon is in the lower left corner, it is surrounded by a bright halo of light. In the upper center of the picture are ten barely visible dots - these are the stars in the Pleiades star cluster whose light is being overwhelmed by the nearness and extreme brightness of the moon. 2 of 2 Photo (same as picture 1 but with labels): A slightly less than full moon is in the lower left corner, it is surrounded by a bright halo of light. In the upper center of the picture are ten barely visible dots - these are the stars in the Pleiades star cluster whose light is being overwhelmed by the nearness and extreme brightness of the moon. In this picture the stars have been labelled. From the bottom to top anticlockwise: Pleione, Atlas, Alcyone, Merope, Electra, Celaeno, Taygeta, Asterope 1 and 2, and Maia. Lines have also been added to connect them.
October 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Talking about going back to items previously observed, here is #m45 #thepleiades. #seestar #s50 #space #astronomy #amateur
M45 The Pleiades - telescope processed image. M45 is the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, a bright open star cluster in Taurus. Its hot blue stars pass through an unrelated dust cloud, creating a blue reflection nebula. M45 The Pleiades - unprocessed image. Nicknamed the "Seven Sisters," this star cluster has been seen as a group of seven in myths across cultures, possibly humanity's oldest story.
September 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
lauradidio14.bsky.social
Stunning photo of #ThePleiades
astronomy.bsky.social Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · Jan 12
This infrared view of the Pleiades (M45), captured by WISE spacecraft. Light & winds from the cluster’s stars shape the dust into filaments. Located 450 light-years away in Taurus, the image spans about 20 light-years.

Credit: WISE, IRSA, NASA
Processing: Francesco Antonucci
January 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
ms-kenia.bsky.social
The night sky
Cancun, Mexico 12-12-25 around 10:26pm
Taken with my Samsung galaxy fold 7
#nightsky #galaxyfold7 #ThePleiades
December 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Here’s the Eastern View live cam. With ThePleiades and a bright moon in the view. With lens flare from the bright moon.

https://www.youtube.com/live/6g4Fh8K-MhY

#astronomy https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/114880039364616784
Ian Robinson (@ianRobinson@mastodon.social)
Keck 1 has its stabilisation laser on, and the Milky Way is visible on the Western View web cam on Mauna Kea. https://www.youtube.com/live/qh6Nqiq6LIg #Astronomy
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July 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
tg8arc.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Good Sunday afternoon. Have many images to share from last night. Starting out with the long exposure of #m45 - #thepleiades from the Dwarf Mini. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur
M45 - The Pleiades - telescope processed image. While famous for the Seven Sisters, M45 is actually a massive nursery of over 1,000 stars. Most are too dim for the naked eye, but they all formed from the same cloud of gas. M45 - The Pleiades - unprocessed image. The cluster is moving together through the galaxy like a flock of birds! They travel at roughly 40 km/s, but in 250 million years, they will drift apart and go their separate ways.
February 8, 2026 at 3:32 PM