Pleiades

I woke up about 3am and looking up in bed through the skylight the stars were twinkling and the Pleiades were especially lovely.

I went out on the rear deck and took at photograph. The Pleiades are a star cluster of about 800 stars, seven especially visible to the naked eye (also known as Seven Sisters). It was formed about 100 million years ago and about 1/50th the age of our sun. The light from them takes about 425 years to get to us on Earth! 

Getting up gave me a chance to turn the gammon in our slow cooker as Mrs BB brother and family are visiting for a few hours in the afternoon.

They arrived midday and it was good to spend a few hours with them around the house and a walk around Ross on Wye where it was very busy with people enjoying the bank holiday sunshine. Having got my blip it was ideal to take some film photo's.

Lens used:   Voigtlander 40mm F1.2 at F1.2