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

Venus is notably brighter — magnitude –4.1, far outshining magnitude 0.9 Aldebaran, the brightest star in the Taurus and ...

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.

M45, the Pleiades star cluster (Photo by: Alan Dyer /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty ... On the right, the Pleiades open cluster, and on the left, ...

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

Also called M45, the Pleiades are an open cluster of stars that are a mere 100 million years old—practically newborns, cosmically-speaking. What’s really special about the Pleiades is that ...

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 ...

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.