I have an absolute passion for the winter constellations, which are now putting on their wonderful winter show in the ...

On Jan. 9, skywatchers can watch the dark limb of the 82%-illuminated waxing gibbous moon creep across this beloved star cluster, popularly known as the "Seven Sisters." ...

Aldebaran is a red giant star, so is much cooler ... or if Taurus is protecting the sisters from Orion? The Seven Sisters, also known as M45, or the Pleiades, are perhaps the most well-known ...

So in total . (Photo by: Alan Dyer /VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The Pleiades, also known as the “Seven Sisters” and M45, is a open cluster of stars in the constellation ...

Along with these seven bright suns, other constellations around Orion also display brilliant stars. In all, a dozen bright ...

compared to globular clusters which can contain thousands to millions of stars. The Pleiades are also known as the "Seven Sisters," a name based on a Greek legend in which the seven daughters of ...