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Early risers are in for a celestial treat on July 5, when Venus appears as a bright 'morning star' alongside the magnificent ...
From New York, the moon will miss two of the seven brightest Pleiades stars, Maia (3.9) and Taygeta (4.3). Soon after 10 p.m. the moon will have moved beyond the cluster.
The next Pleiades occultation that will favor North America will come on the morning of Sunday, July 20 and will involve a ...
The Pleiades star cluster is also called the Seven Sisters. It may have gotten that name from the oldest story ever told. (Image credit: LazyPixel/Brunner Sébastien via Getty Images) ...
After an early-morning occultation of the Pleiades, the Moon moves on and passes 5° north of Jupiter in Taurus at 11 P.M. EST. It’s a lovely pairing that astrophotographers won’t want to ...
As the temperatures drop and nights lengthen, we're now able to see the beautiful Pleiades star cluster rising in the east in the early evening. It lies at the shoulder of the constellation Taurus ...
Cultures around the world call the Pleiades constellation ‘seven sisters’, even though we can only see six stars today. But things looked quite different 100,000 years ago ...
The Pleiades star cluster is also called the Seven Sisters. It may have gotten that name from the oldest story ever told. (Image credit: LazyPixel/Brunner Sébastien via Getty Images) ...