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Astrophotos From Around The World Of The Venus-Pleiades Conjunction
Venus at The Seven Sisters, M45 Pleiades on 04-04-2012. Credit and copyright John Chumack.
The past several evenings, Venus has been snuggling up to one of the most famous star clusters, the Pleiades. Universe Today readers have taken some beautiful images of that event, and they have generously shared them with us. Above is John Chumack’s stunning view from Ohio in the US; see below for more images from around the world!
The Pleiades, also known at the Seven Sisters, is a beautiful bright blue open star cluster 440 light years from Earth. Only once every eight years does this conjunction take place.
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wow, really beautiful, thanks for sharing this.