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Pleiades or Seven Sisters

Pleiades or Seven Sisters

The Pleiades or Seven Sisters (M45) is an open star cluster. The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Stero...
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The Pleiades or Seven Sisters (M45) is an open star cluster. The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
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SONY SLT-A65V

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Aperture 63/10 ISO 16000 Shutter 1/20 Focal Length 4000/10

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Aug, 2016

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