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Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss
(Catching the Light)
Explanation:
This lovely
twilight scene, recorded last April,
finds a young crescent Moon
low in the west at sunset.
Above it, stars shine in the darkening sky
but they too are soon to drop below the western horizon.
These stars and constellations are prominent in the northern
hemisphere winter sky and as
the season changes, slowly give way to the
stars of summer.
Sliding your mouse over the picture will detail the
constellations and stars in view,
including Orion, Gemini, Auriga, Perseus,
and the Hyades and Pleiades star clusters.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: constellation - Perseus - hyades - pleiades
Publications with words: constellation - Perseus - hyades - 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