Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, when Venus appears as a bright 'morning star' alongside the magnificent ...

The bright morning star Venus, moving quickly through Taurus, hangs in the predawn sky below the Seven Sisters open cluster.

The Pleiades are an asterism, or pattern of stars, as well as an open star cluster, made up of more than 1,000 stars. They are located in the constellation Taurus and are about 410 light-years ...

November 12–19, 2015: The Pleiades star cluster (M45) in Taurus is an excellent target for naked-eye and binocular observers, open cluster M34 in Perseus offers small-telescope owners nice views ...

Look to the east before sunrise on June 22 to catch the delicate form of the crescent moon shining with Venus alongside the Pleiades star cluster.

Mostly clear skies Friday evening promise a show in the night sky. The Pleiades open star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, will be high in the southeastern sky.

And at 500,000 years old - a small fraction of the Pleiades open cluster’s age of 115 million years - Trumpler 14 is one of the youngest of the youngest clusters.

The closest open cluster of stars to our Solar System will this week briefly appear to be close to the crescent Moon.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The moon, Venus and the Pleiades open star cluster will form an unusual celestial triangle on ...

An open cluster is a group of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud, and are still loosely gravitationally bound to each other. In contrast, globular ...