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Credit & Copyright: P-M Hedén
Explanation:
The tantalizing
Pleiades star cluster seems to lie
just beyond the trees above a dark
castle
tower in this
dramatic
view of The World at Night.
Recorded earlier this month, the starry sky also features bright star
Aldebaran below the Pleiades and a small,
faint, fuzzy cloud otherwise known as
Comet Holmes near
picture center at the top of the field.
Starry Night Castle
might be an appropriate name for
the medieval castle ruin in the foreground.
But its traditional name is
Mörby Castle, found
north of Stockholm, near lake Skedviken in Norrtälje, Sweden.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: comet Holmes - pleiades
Publications with words: comet Holmes - pleiades
See also:
- APOD: 2024 December 9 Á Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
- APOD: 2024 September 29 Á Seven Dusty Sisters
- APOD: 2024 September 3 Á Quarter Moon and Sister Stars
- APOD: 2024 January 29 Á The Pleiades: Seven Dusty Sisters
- Pic du Pleiades
- APOD: 2023 February 19 Á Seven Dusty Sisters in Infrared
- Messier 45: The Daughters of Atlas and Pleione