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Kannan A
Singapore
07/09/2021
06:05 am

Equipment Details:

Nikon Coolpix P900

Image Details:

The Hyades star cluster – Face of the Bull in Taurus – displaying its V-shaped pattern, seen here on the bottom right of this photo. The brightest star here – an orange star – is Aldebaran, the Bull’s fiery Eye. On the top left of this photo, the small dipper-shaped Pleiades star cluster is seen. The Pleiades cluster is more distant than the Hyades at some 430 light-years away. These star clusters are now visible to the naked eyes in the morning sky here in Singapore rising from the north east direction.

Source from an earlier post on EarthSky : "History and mythology of the Hyades. According to sky lore, the teary Hyades are the daughters of Atlas and Aethra, who are forever crying for their brother Hyas, who was killed by a lion or a boar. The Hyades are the half-sisters to the Pleiades, the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. The gods purposely kept Atlas’ daughters – the Hyades and the Pleaides – out of reach of Orion, giving them a safe haven from his lustful pursuits".