2024-01-15 14:34:03
Monday 15/January/2024 – 04:33 PM
Dr. Ashraf Tadros, professor of astronomy at the National Institute for Astronomical Research, revealed the details of the Moon’s conjunction with the Pleides star cluster on January 20, saying: The Moon appears in conjunction with the Pleides star cluster (the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters) in Taurus, where we see them side by side in the sky following sunset. The sun is direct and entering the night, and they remain visible in the sky until the scene begins to set around 3:00 AM.
We see them side by side in the sky immediately following sunset and nightfall
Tadros said on his official page on the social networking site Facebook, that the Pleiades is considered one of the brightest and most famous open star clusters in the northern sky, which is located 440 light-years from Earth, pointing out that this cluster consists of several hundred stars, but its brightest stars are 7. Only, which can be seen with the healthy naked eye, and that is why it is called the Seven Sisters.
Earlier, Dr. Ashraf Tadros, professor of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, and member of the National Committee for Astronomy and Space Sciences, said that the last astronomical phenomenon that occurred at the end of 2023 was last December 29.
The professor of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research pointed out that on that day the Moon’s conjunction with the Beehive occurred, adding: The Moon rises in conjunction with the Beehive star cluster in Cancer for the second time this month.
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