Visible to the unaided eye as a tiny congregation of stars due west of Taurus’ V-shaped head, the Pleiades (M45), also known as the Seven Sisters, is one of the sky’s premier open star clusters. Under ...

A guide to M45, also known as the Pleiades, by the late Patrick Moore ...

The Pleiades star cluster is also famously known as the Seven Sisters. Or, to some, it’s known as Messier 45 (M45) on the list of Messier objects. The Pleiades is visible from almost every part of the ...

objects or events you can see in the sky.

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. October 19: The Moon and Venus before dawn By 10 P.M. local daylight time, the Pleiades (M45) is already 30° high in the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blue cluster of stars glimmer together, above a small crescent moon. a large oragne circle flanks the sides, cutoff on the top ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 4 years old. The Pleiades star, ...

A last quarter Moon scraps past the Pleiades (M45) on the night of 25/26 August. AN graphic by Greg Smye-Rumsby. Some of the most spectacular observing events tale place when the Moon’s around, most ...

Look west Sunday for a astronomical treat. On Sunday evening, the crescent moon, Mercury and the Pleiades star cluster will gather for a three-way conjunction in the western sky. For astronomers, or ...