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The Shark Nebula

Open star cluster M45, also known as the Pleiades.

Moonbows

(pair-uh-sell-een, sometimes mispronounced pair-uh-sail-een)

They have a long and interesting mythological history in many cultures. They are associated with the devil in English folklore, with Draugr or other dark elves/shadowfolk in Nordic mythology, and in Japanese mythology they’re associated with Tsukiyomi, the moon god, and are a sign of either good rice harvest, if they happen during summer, or a sign of imminent natural disasters, especially tsunamis and earthquakes. Sometimes they’re associated with death as well, probably because their solar counterpart, a Parhelion, is associated with rebirth (and by extension snakes)

NGC 300

Just after sunset Venus can be seen in the western sky appearing as a bright star.