Alcyone

[fauxpas (Tony)]

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 (Rob)]

Originally Posted by 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...

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 (Tony)]

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