Journey to the Pleiades

Among the closest star clusters is the Pleiades. Its surrounding haze of ethereal blue stardust may have contributed to it becoming the subject of ancient and modern myth, but what it truly is is a collection of young stars and systems in formation.

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[SKYSTRY]

Small correction to the narration: The Pleiades is among the nearest star clusters, not the nearest.

[кусокводы]

Yesterday night I observed Pleiades with binoculars. I live in a city, and the binoculars is not even for observing cosmic objects, but that was fabulous. Thank you

[SwanOnChips]

I always enjoyed scanning the night skies and the Pleiades in particular intrigued me.

[travisify]

I remember being around 10 years old seeing a faint blue smudge in the sky at night and always wondered what it was. When i finally got a telescope it was the first thing i pointed it at and i was shocked. I then learned it was pleadies and have been fascinated with space ever since

[pepelucho]

I looked up on my way to the gym and saw it. It's so eye catching. Looked it up on starwalk right away.

[Astromium]

Wow, what a wonderful universe we live in

[Qichar]

I was playing Elite Dangerous in VR and plotted a course for Maia. I could see in the direction of the jump a small cluster of stars that looked familiar, surrounded by a lonely blue glow. Immediately I remembered being out in the desert in California, and seeing this cluster for the first time. The people who made the game actually modeled the nebula surrounding the Pleiades, and as I drew near the visual detail increased. It was easily one of the best moments in gaming I've ever had. Little did I know when I was a kid that modern technology would one day allow us to virtually visit those same stars I observed with awe.

You astrophotography is beautiful. One day I want to get into the hobby myself, mainly because my vision continues to decline and even with glasses I can barely make out my favorite stars even on clear nights.

[KLucia-td]

Fun Fact: Subaru’s Logo represents the Pleiades star cluster.

[DanSk]

Questions I’ve asked about these stars for my whole life.
Subscribed.

[garyfilmer]

M45 is certainly one of the most compelling and beautiful sights in the night sky, and I was only observing it the other night, using my 120mm refracting telescope. Depending on the atmospheric conditions at the time, it is sometimes possible to see the ‘ethereal blue’ of the reflection nebula too, even with a good pair of binoculars, in a sky of exceptional clarity, and away from the dreaded light pollution. On the subject of light pollution, I am forever perplexed by the fact that people who use very bright ‘security lights’, don’t think to hood their lights, so focussing the illumination on the area they are concerned about protecting, rather than letting the light spread outwards in all directions, including skywards!

[photo_rohan]

Absolutely incredible. I came across your channel for a tutorial out of curiosity, and subscribed after seeing this masterpiece.

[JohnKuhles]

Can ANYONE tell me please WHY James Webb Space Telescope did not survey the Pleiades, scanning for Exoplanets or any other anomalies!

[jpastroguy]

Fantastic! I wonder how you created such a dynamic presentation?

[petertravis]

Great visualisation and tutorial. My current target

[RetroFormatPublications]

Love the mention of Elite Dangerous. What a great game. Basically galaxy sized with only a small percentage of total players have explored.

[leopardtiger]

7 sisters star cluster is very beautiful in luminosity and colour.

[bazpearce]

The Pleiades are gorgeous in 10x50 binoculars. One amazing night i got to see nebulosity with mine at a good dark site. But only for a very brief period.

[lostsensemusic]

nice video m8 just recently photographed the pleiades so gorgeous

[zarakhan]

Amazing information I would love to learn more about.Pleiades fascinating discovery💖

[yourpleiadians]

speechless here, truly beautiful…
Actually I was being named after this stars, Suroya (Tsurayya) is derived from arabic name which means Pleiades constellation…. im truly thankful for my grandma gave me this such a beautiful name…. Probably soon if I have kids, i will name them Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, Alcyone🥹🥹