#hyades — Public Fediverse posts

Lovely sky right now, feels like we haven’t seen many stars lately. If you’re in the UK and #LookUp right now, you’ll see the #Pleiades and #Hyades clusters, the bright stars #Capella, #Aldebaran and #Betelgeuse (no, it hasn’t exploded yet), as well as #Jupiter. Here’s the view. #astronomy #space

See the planet #Venus glide past not one but two star clusters this month. Look west at dusk and find bright Venus high in the sky. Then, with binoculars, look on either side of it. To the right (in mid-northern latitudes) is the #Pleiades star cluster, which appears like a tiny Big Dipper. To the left is the #Hyades star cluster marked most notably by the bright orange star #Aldebaran. The cyan line with points/dates marks its location each night through the 20th.

📷: Stellarium simulation

Another very clear evening in #Bochum, Germany ... and so here is #ZTF again, close to a 9.75 mag. star and near #Aldebaran and the #Hyades: all images with a Panasonic #Lumix DMC-FZ300 at f/2.8 and various zoom settings (35 mm equivalent focal lengths given; images cropped moderately) - some more pictures are also in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0QviziYzpAr7KTrEenTFVBAjNRocgmVv9Ge6k4D91jdmEgrtFYUK3qbDqg8LdH3akl

Encore une semaine calme dans le ciel !
- La #Lune est au dernier quartier le lundi 13/02.
- La #comète C/2022 E3 (ZTF) cette semaine traverse la constellation du Taureau. Dans la nuit du 14 au 15, elle sera aux côtés de #Aldebaran en traversant l'amas ouvert des #Hyades
#ephemerides #astronomy #astronomie #Astrodon

Bonne semaine, bon ciel!

Moon near Mars January 30 and 31
Posted by Marcy Curran
https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-near-mars-january-30-and-31-2023/

#moon #mars #astronomy #aldebaran #hyades #pleiades #orion #occultation