25 Brightest stars in the night sky.

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25 Brightest stars in the night sky.

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Saw this lovely picture on twitter today.
The authors name is bottom right and it is being reposted enough that I have no clue where it was originally posted.
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Not sure if this is it's origin, but it was the APOD on Tuesday:

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190625.html
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Thanks Brett.

Trying to trace it back on tweeter is not easy!
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This is a beautifulreference Clinton.
Thank you for posting.
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Thanks Clinton,

Good set of alignment and calibration stars!

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Very nice Clinton, this weeks desktop :)
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