Finding Venus [
http://www.spitzer.…ssc2007-07c.shtml ] in the night sky is not too hard these days. Now appearing as the evening star, Venus rules as the brightest celestial beacon in west just after sunset [
http://www.baltastr…]. And if you can find Venus tonight, you can also easily find the lovely Pleiades [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] star cluster (aka M45) close by. In this serene skyview, recorded on Tuesday near Bolu, Turkey, Venus and [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the Pleiades are on the right, with brilliant Venus reflected in the calm waters of the small lake in the foreground. Left of Venus, the bright star Aldebaran anchors [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the V-shaped Hyades star cluster. Farther left are stars of the familiar constellation Orion with Rigel, at the foot of Orion, also reflected in the lake. Meanwhile, Sirius, in Canis Major, [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is the brightest star on the left side of the view. But the bright terrestrial light below Sirius is not a reflection, it's just a light near the lake shore.
Explanation
Finding Venus [
http://www.spitzer.…ssc2007-07c.shtml ] in the night sky is not too hard these days. Now appearing as the evening star, Venus rules as the brightest celestial beacon in west just after sunset [
http://www.baltastr…]. And if you can find Venus tonight, you can also easily find the lovely Pleiades [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] star cluster (aka M45) close by. In this serene skyview, recorded on Tuesday near Bolu, Turkey, Venus and [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the Pleiades are on the right, with brilliant Venus reflected in the calm waters of the small lake in the foreground. Left of Venus, the bright star Aldebaran anchors [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] the V-shaped Hyades star cluster. Farther left are stars of the familiar constellation Orion with Rigel, at the foot of Orion, also reflected in the lake. Meanwhile, Sirius, in Canis Major, [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] is the brightest star on the left side of the view. But the bright terrestrial light below Sirius is not a reflection, it's just a light near the lake shore.
Explanation
