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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

The Seven Sisters


Messier 45, Pleiades, Seven sisters... this tiny dot in the sky has became famous. Even Subaru has created their logo based on this star cluster.
Plejades is a relatively new, open star cluster. Only about 115 million years old, it may sound like a huge amount of time but in the universe thats just happened yesterday. Pleiades gets its color because the stars are very hot. Hotter the star, more it appears blue.

The Seven Sisters

When I was photographing this, also saw some nice auroras. Luckily the skies didnt turn completely green so auroras didnt block out the light coming from Pleiades.
Check out a short timelapse of the auroras here!

Auroras over Finnish countryside - Can you find The Seven Sisters?

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