How Do You Spot The Pleiades Cluster?
• Know where to look, approximately. The cluster itself is actually very bright, but is far away from Earth, and therefore, difficult to spot with the naked eye. First thing, know where to look in the sky. The cluster is generally somewhere between the moon and the Orion constellation. Locate the moon, (shouldn’t be two hard), and then locate Orion. If you don’t what what it looks like, look here: http://media.skyandtelescope.com/images/Orion_l.jpg’; } s += “”; document.write(s); return; } google_ad_channel = ‘+7733764704+1640266093+9911500640+9483187321+8388126455+8941458308+7122150828’ + xchannels + gchans; google_ad_client = “pub-9543332082073187”; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_ad_region = “test”; google_ad_format = ‘250x250_as’; //–> • If the moon is not visible, (by this if it is below the horizon), but Orion is, the cluster is probably east of Orion. If the moon is visible but Orion is not, look to the west of the moon. • Make s
