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Lost Sisters Found - TESS and Gaia Reveal a Dissolving #Pleiades Complex: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae0724 -> The “Seven Sisters” Just Found Thousands of Long-Lost Siblings / The Pleiades is part of an enormous stellar complex birthed by the same star-forming event: https://uncnews.unc.edu/2025/11/12/the-seven-sisters-just-found-thousands-of-long-lost-siblings/ / https://carnegiescience.edu/pleiades-part-enormous-stellar-complex-birthed-same-star-forming-event

And the the #Pleiades #occultation by the #Moon is already history in Bochum, Germany: a final timestep at 22:34 UTC, with the Moon having cleared all major stars of the cluster. Nice show that was - though only for the camera (which was a Panasonic DMC-FZ300 on a tripod, mostly at maximum zoom; this image 1/5 second at f/3.2 and ISO 200, with the Pleiades 25° up).

Another timestep of the #Pleiades #occultation by the #Moon, at 21:26 UTC - Merope had just emerged behind the dark side. Interestingly no stars whatsoever could be seen in 11 x 70 binoculars though the Moon - nice terminator - was a beauty. The Moon's elevation was 15°; 1/4 second at f/3.2 and ISO 200.

The #Moon in front of the #Pleiades star cluster as seen from #Bochum, Germany, ten minutes ago (at 20:42 UTC) - not only a number of stars show up but also the earthshine, very faintly.