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- bob12321, on 02/10/2008, -0/+21burried as inaccurate, its cloudy outside.
- JARSInc, on 02/10/2008, -0/+20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru
"The company is named after the star cluster Pleiades, whose Japanese name is "Subaru", that roughly translated into English means, "to govern", "unite," or "gather together". The company logo reflects the star design." - Soave, on 02/10/2008, -2/+16Plus, it's not a constellation. It's a star cluster.
- EmitStop, on 02/10/2008, -0/+14The title is right! I can see it!
- Gryphon09, on 02/10/2008, -0/+14a PROBLEM?
I want to live wherever that much light can make it to your eyes. - blzbulb, on 02/10/2008, -1/+13I live in a big city, light pollution prevents me from seeing most stars.
- inactive, on 02/10/2008, -0/+12I always see this cluster at night. Beautiful cluster.
- davecor, on 02/10/2008, -0/+11Don't digg the person down for not knowing... It's an honest question. Knowing the answer isn't a license to feel superior.
- flightvector, on 02/10/2008, -4/+14LOL...I'm at a loss of words...
- JARSInc, on 02/10/2008, -2/+11I am pretty sure ursa major and orion are better known.
- Jamihabs, on 02/10/2008, -0/+8If you can find the belt of Orion, you can follow the line of the belt to the North-West (more North than West) to an orange star (Aldeboron). Keep going North-West (more West than North) and you will see this star cluster. If you are in the City it may look like little more than a glowing patch. If your skies are dark, you may be able to pick out the seven brightest stars in this cluster, known as the seven sisters. Good Luck!
- Akraz, on 02/10/2008, -1/+9If youre able to see all those stars with the naked eye on earth.. we got a problem
- koob, on 02/10/2008, -1/+8dugg for geekiness. something refreshing after all the obama/cute tortoise/bushhating/christian bashing stuff digg seems to be dominated with as of late.
- SLH06, on 02/10/2008, -6/+13Was this picture taken with a telescope or is this what you would actually see with your naked eyes?
- nakile, on 02/10/2008, -0/+7I decided to check this out in Stellarium (planetarium program). It turns out I see this thing all the time. Just until now I use to think it was the Little Dipper! I mean... it kind of looks like it from far away.
- KennMac, on 02/10/2008, -2/+9Dugg down for blaming a JPEG for crashing your spyware infested machine.
- glebvr, on 02/10/2008, -0/+7This star cluster is beautiful, as are many others, but what is even more astonishing is the background. Virtually countless stars, galaxies, etc.
Images like this always make me wonder about space and our relevance to it. In the vastness of space, our planet is nothing more than a small tiny spec (and I'm making Earth too big here). However, we have yet to finish exploring Earth and imagine what is needed to explore the vastness of space and what things could be hiding there.
I think that space contains so many breathtaking things and we have only seen a small portion of them. Whenever I see images like this, I always think of this quote "Space: The final frontier". I am not sure why this quote in particular got associated with the imagery of space in my head, but I do agree with it. And personally I want to be exploring this frontier already.
Just my 2 cents, hope it makes sense. Time for me to go to bed. - bagelpirate, on 02/10/2008, -3/+9Really?
- wiggles, on 02/10/2008, -3/+9You know what that is? Huh? That's wallpaper, baby.
- Ogedei, on 02/10/2008, -1/+6No, but he was replying to it being the best known and very beautiful constellation. In that context he is right.
One dig up and one down. You can guess which. - cookingboy, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5I look at pictures like that whenever I 'm depressed because of all my Earthly, mundane personal matters...then I'd laugh at myself...
- badjoke, on 02/10/2008, -0/+5Says fjklein6501, a leading astronomer.
- matt510, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4This is a star cluster, NOT a constellation. It is located in the constellation Taurus.
- TheGooseyOne, on 02/10/2008, -1/+5which direction do you look off to see it in? id like to take a look
- Torx, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4any tips on where to look?
- Tiler, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4Must be global warming...
- Jamihabs, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4If you can find the belt of Orion, you can follow the line of the belt to the North-West (more North than West) to an orange star (Aldeboron). Keep going North-West (more West than North) and you will see this star cluster. If you are in the City it may look like little more than a glowing patch. If your skies are dark, you may be able to pick out the seven brightest stars in this cluster, known as the seven sisters. Good Luck!
- umbrae, on 02/10/2008, -0/+4This is the Pleiades, *****.
( http://xkcd.com/66/ ) - SLH06, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3Thats what I was thinking but wasn't sure. The title is a bit misleading with that long exposure picture.
- fety, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3THIS is what it looks like with our eyes to the sky. Taurus is off to the left, the V
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMIIH2PL7F_Belgium_du_3. ... (2nd from botom pic)
http://www.esa.int/images/Venus_Pleiades_Michel-He ... - Jamihabs, on 02/10/2008, -0/+3Carpe Noctem
- alphgeek, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2That is not correct. The Pleiades are clearly visible from most latitudes of the southern hemisphere from around September to April. I can look out my window in Melbourne right now and see them, even with the light pollution.
- HPMNick, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2The key to seeing this in the sky is to not look directly at it. For some reason your eyes are more sensitive to the light that way. You'll see a blue fuzzy spot in your peripherals.
As far as "where" to look, that's a bit tougher - object move. Its relatively close to Orion (which is easy to find thanks to the three stars in the belt). If you go to the right side of orion, and make a line at a ~55 degree angle off Orions belt, that will get you in the right direction. It should be slightly "above" orion... and quite a bit off to the right.. - badjoke, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2Living in Seattle is great...
- bobbknight, on 02/10/2008, -1/+3Err, Subaru is the Japanese name for this constellation.
- LuxFX, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2The Pleiades isn't a constellation by itself, it's actually part of Taurus.
- docbaily, on 02/10/2008, -0/+2If you look at the logo, there are six stars on it. The seventh star is the car itself.
- MSP1, on 02/10/2008, -3/+5You didn't say where you live. If you live in the southern hemisphere it will always be below the horizon. Of course if you live in the usa (wherever that is) just follow the instructions above as insular americans always assume that everyone lives in the us.
- ImmediateAction, on 02/18/2009, -0/+1I think Raisin Bran crunch just added some of these to their honey oat clusters...
- LuxFX, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1That's a pretty common misconception, and I used to think that myself until I moved to the country last year and became an avid stargazer.
- neocognitism, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1koob, I have a huge crush on you. Friend me so I can shout at you (so to speak)?
- neurophyre, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Well, they're full of crap, because the stars in the Pleiades are not old enough for complex intelligent life to have evolved. There are a number of other factors making it unlikely that intelligent life will evolve there as long as the cluster stays together, stellar winds and radiation among them.
- sinn98, on 02/11/2008, -0/+1the confusion is understandable as the title says "visible to the naked eye" yet linked to an image shot by a telescope
- davecor, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Stellarium is awesome for cloudy nights. The cool thing is you can add objects like Comet Holmes which flared up and was visible this summer.
- xsuite, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Infrared light filter not included!
- phazon88, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Thanks for this.
- aoru, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1For some reason it reminds me of sperm traveling through a bioluminescent deep sea.
- JasonKiddy, on 02/10/2008, -0/+1Serious UFO researchers?
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