At the end of the day …. Pleiades!!

~~May 13, 2014~~

In astronomy, the Pleiades or Seven Sisters (Messier object 45 or M45), is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus.

It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. The celestial entity has several meanings in different cultures and traditions.

The cluster is dominated by hot blue and extremely luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Dust that forms a faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars was thought at first to be left over from the formation of the cluster (hence the alternate name Maia Nebula after the star Maia), but is now known to be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium, through which the stars are currently passing.

Computer simulations have shown that the Pleiades was probably formed from a compact configuration that resembled the Orion Nebula. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.

~~Brightest stars~~

The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.

As daughters of Atlas, the Hyades were sisters of the Pleiades.

The English name of the cluster itself is of Greek origin (Πλειάδες), though of uncertain etymology.

Suggested derivations include: from πλεῖν plein, “to sail,” making the Pleiades the “sailing ones”; from πλέος pleos, “full, many”; or from πελειάδες peleiades, “flock of doves.” 

Enjoy this beautiful interpretation of the Pleiades, all bathed in the color blue. Talent galore, dancing and lightning.

~~Enra – “Pleiades”~~

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~~Published on Dec 27, 2013~~

Performance & Choreography: Saya Watatani , Maki Yokoyama
Director : Nobuyuki Hanabusa
Animator : Seiya Ishii , Nobuyuki Hanabusa
Music : Nobuyuki Hanabusa

We ALL are ONE!!

Sweet dreams, fly among the stars into wonderful worlds of brightness and color. 

There’s is weightlessness and a sensation of vastness, serenity and repose.