I couldn’t pass up this shot of the Pleiades star cluster last night from the back deck, close to midnight when I stepped out for a leak. The Pleiades star cluster is approximately 444 light-years away from Earth. It contains over 1,000 stars, although only about 14 of them are visible to the naked eye from Earth. The brightest stars in the cluster are hot, blue-white stars, while the fainter stars are cooler and redder. #astronomy #grownostr




