... Also out to play in the pristine, dark skies over the Canary Islands, are brilliant Venus (lower left), the distant Andromeda Galaxy (near center), and the lovely Pleiades star cluster (top center). ...
... To Orion's right, just above the horizon, lies the Pleiades open star cluster . Arching across the sky is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy . ...
... This digitally fused panorama was captured earlier this month from Yellowknife , Northwest Territories , Canada , and includes the Pleiades open cluster of stars just to the upper right of the Moon. ...
... From left to right above the moonlit peaks, the stars of Auriga give way to bright giant star Aldebaran eye of the Taurus the Bull, the Pleiades star cluster, alpha Ceti, and finally alpha Phoenicis of the Phoenix . ...
... unaided eye saw clouds framing the Moon setting over a calm and reflective bay, spruce trees lining the nearby shores, the Pleiades open star cluster (M45) glowing prominently in the center of the sky, the Andromeda galaxy hovering just over the horizon ...
... Of course, this meteor's streak points back toward the shower's radiant in the heroic constellation Perseus, sharing a starry background that includes the Pleiades star cluster poised above the storm clouds. ...
... Also visible in the background sky is the Pleiades open star cluster , the constellation of Orion , the brightest star Sirius , and the neighboring Large and Small Magellanic Cloud galaxies . ...