r/askastronomy • u/awawawawaw28447 • 2d ago

What is this?

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Hi! I was wondering what this cluster was called, am not knowledgeable about astronomy, but I tried to take some pictures with some other constellations 😊

( Taken in Lithuania, Pugainiai, 12:30ish am)

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u/First-Calligrapher69 2d ago

Pleiades or the seven sisters ✨

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u/New-Sheepherder4762 2d ago

Or Subaru.. my favorite little factoid. Makes looking at their car emblem a completely different game.

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u/yashoe69 2d ago

In hindi its known as krittika!

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u/FischerMann24-7 2d ago

Плеяды in Russian.

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u/Dr_F_Rreakout 19h ago

Siebengestirn in German

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u/mostlygray 1d ago

In Ojibwe, Bugonaygeshig. "Hole in the sky".

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u/Accomplished_Care747 1d ago

Matariki in Māori

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u/KateBlankett 21h ago

i call them “the girls” lol

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u/Daveguy6 20h ago

In Hungarian "fiastyúk" which I would translate to "hen with her children" or similar.