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Old 07-10-2012, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by fauxpas View Post
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...
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
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