The Pleiades is a bright star cluster and a popular skywatching target. We take a look at where it is located and the mythology behind the famous asterism.

The bright morning star Venus, moving quickly through Taurus, hangs in the predawn sky below the Seven Sisters open cluster.

On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star cluster.

The map, which is thought to date back 16,500 years, shows three bright stars known today as the Summer Triangle. A map of the Pleiades star cluster has also been found among the Lascaux frescoes. And ...

As the brightest star cluster, the Pleiades is a showpiece in both binoculars and small telescopes. This sky map shows how to spot the Pleiades along with the full moon on Sunday morning.

The moon will pass in front of the Pleiades star cluster during an occultation on Jan. 9, 2025. Here's how to see it.

The Pleiades star cluster (M45) is one of the great gems of the winter sky. One of the closest open star clusters to us, it lies just 440 light-years away in Taurus.

There’s also Galileo Galilei’s treatise Sidereus Nuncius, displayed open at a map of the Pleiades star cluster, drawn from rigorous observations.… ...

He says another drawing of a bull represents the Pleiades star cluster, otherwise known as the Seven Sisters. Today this region of the sky forms part of the constellation Taurus.

On the night of Feb. 5, a waxing gibbous moon will once again cover up the "Seven Sisters" of the famous Pleiades star cluster.