Alcyone

[fauxpas]

There seems to be a lot of congestion around Alcyone... Is this a cluster of some kind? Can't get Stellarium to show up and nebula or cluster...

[Rob_K]

Yep, it's the Pleiades!

Cheers -

[Robh]

Alcyone is in the large and bright open cluster the Pleiades or M45. Also known as the Seven Sisters. I tried Stellarium myself and it showed up blank. You can zoom in using the forward slash (/) and it will show up the cluster.

Otherwise there is lots of info here ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiades

Regards, Rob

[fauxpas]

Cheers for that... Knew it looked too congested not to be something...