The Pleiades (M45) is arguably the most famous star cluster in the sky. Known as the Seven Sisters, or Subaru in Japan, its history is woven into human culture, with stories about it potentially ...

The Pleiades (M45), a 100-million-year-old open cluster containing approximately 500 stars located 380 light-years from Earth, is observable high in the east by 10 P.M. local daylight time.

The moon will be only 61% illuminated and not quite so dazzling, making this upcoming occultation easy to see and enjoy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A Last Quarter Moon occurs at 1:12 A.M. EDT, positioned approximately 4° west of the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus before sunrise. Uranus, located 4.4° southeast of the Pleiades, is observable near ...

This starmap shows the full extent of the Greater Pleiades Complex as it would appear on the Pasadena night sky if every star in it were visible. Of the 3,019 stars that make up the complex, 1,631 are ...

The shimmering Pleiades star cluster has just shed its millennia-old reputation as a collection of Seven Sisters. Thanks to new data gleaned from the TESS and Gaia star-tracking spacecrafts, ...

Look east on the night of Sept. 12 to see the waning gibbous moon close to the magnificent Pleiades open cluster, with the distant planet Uranus lurking nearby in the constellation Taurus. The 62%-lit ...