Astroman 0 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Took this lastnight of Venus and the Seven Sisters close to one another. Using an Alt/Az tracking mount and a Telescope. You can see Venus in the Western Sky, just after sunset, it's the brightest thing there atm. Poppa Snake, Boyington214 and bjorn2fish 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afishyfish 4 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Very nice Astroman Maybe hard for you to explain, but what ones are the Seven Sisters Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn2fish 4,612 Posted April 3, 2012 Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 Wow! That's cool Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Astroman 0 Posted April 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2012 The Seven Sisters are an open star cluster in Taurus, very visible to the unaided eye. Usually on a clear night with no moon you can count about 6 stars, the seventh member was said to have been a supernova (an exploding star) which gave the name the Seven Sisters. Other names this cluster goes by are Messier 45, Pleiades, and Subaru (next time look at the badge on a Subaru car). Hope this helps a little. Boyington214, archerfish and Poppa Snake 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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