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Radu Anghel
Bacau, Romania

04/26/2022
09:30 pm

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Canon 6D + 70mm

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Little Mercury climbing on the western horizon towards the Pleiades. The two of them will be very close on the evening of April 29 (only from our point of view, with Mercury at 130 millions km and Pleiades at 430 light-years away)
In this image taken on the evening of April 26 you can easily spot planet Mercury and two open cluster - Pleiades and Hyades.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!