December Night Sky

With cold, clear, view conditions for your holiday viewing pleasure you can catch both our moon and the Pleiades.  

This cluster of stars commonly known as the Seven Sisters is found in the constellation Taurus, the Bull.  In Greek mythology, Atlas' daughters turned into this group of stars.

Tonight and tomorrow the moon and Pleiades will cross the sky together in the eastern sky.

Fun Fact:  Subaru is the Japanese word for 'unite' as well as a term identifying this cluster of stars.  In 1953, five Japanese companies merged to form Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.  The resulting corporation adopted the star cluster as the official logo for its line of automobiles.  Fuji Heavy Industries, known as Subaru since 2017, is a global leader in both terrestrial and aerospace transportation.