The Seven Sisters or Pleiades is a beautiful open cluster of stars visible to the naked-eye. It does help if you’re in a dark sky location as it’s quite faint to see.
Tonight, use bright Venus as your guide. Pleiades is at the same height from the horizon as Venus. The Moon is also in the picture as a beautiful thin crescent.
Use the above image as a guide. Astronomical images provided by SkySafari, a Simulation Curriculum Company, All rights reserved www.simulationcurriculum.com.
When and where to look:
16.30pm 20th April above the north western horizon.
Something Interesting:
There are six or seven stars visible to the naked-eye, but that’s not where the story ends. There are in fact more than 3,000 stars that make up a larger Pleiades cluster. Read more with the ABC.
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There’s always something interesting happening in the night sky and country WA is the best place to catch all the action!