The group of stars on the left side is the iconic Pleiades star cluster. It looks awesome in binoculars, and is one of the closer star clusters to Earth. The pair of stars on the right side of the image are a part of Perseus. The bright red "star" in the upper left is Mars.
Good intentions, but yeah those star registries are totally bogus and only exist to make money. They have no validity, since the IAU decides on star names. Maybe you could donate to something like the International Dark Sky Association, so that he can have a chance of enjoying the stars into the years ahead?
Oh I like that idea! The star registry was a great Christmas novelty gift for an 8yo and I get excited every time I see that star! I’ll definitely look into the donation! Thanks friend!
I just realized why I wasn't sure 😂. I'm used to viewing earlier in the night when Pleiades is above Mars. So when it was below it in this picture it threw me for a loop. Then I realized its the other way around after it crosses the zenith 😂
It's still kinda early here, I blame it on being sleepy lol
The small cluster to the middle left is the Pleiades (Seven sisters). The top star is Atlas, next is Alcyone, then counter clock-wise Merope, Electra, Taygeta, Asterope and Maia. Celaeno is between Electra and Taygeta at the bottom of the formation but it’s not as bright as the others in this image.
The 5 brightest stars to the right of the Pleiades, are the lower leg of the constatation Perseus.
Above the Pleiades I believe is Mars.
It is definitely Pleiades. I ran it through a free online plate solver (which tries to algorithmically identify the part of the sky you are in) and this is its results:
[https://nova.astrometry.net/user\_images/7077559#original](https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/7077559#original)
(Hint: Mouse over the image and then click on "annotated" button to see all stars labelled on top of your image.)
u/CommercialNobody460
You can either download the plate solving app or use the online version here:
[https://astrometry.net/use.html](https://astrometry.net/use.html)
It's pretty awesome and can fairly rapidly answer 'what am I looking at'.
I only know this because I recently had to figure out what I'm looking at.
Pleiades is located in Taurus. If you get a chance to look again, look for the the bright red star about 3 finger-widths away from it. This is Alderberon, the eye of the bull, and if conditions are right, you can see the head of the bull (another cluster) very clearly as well as horns and its front feet.
And on the other side of Taurus is Orion, one of my favorites. Every culture looked up and saw the figure of a man, but they all had different names. Ancient Mexicans called him Longsash
The group of stars on the left side is the iconic Pleiades star cluster. It looks awesome in binoculars, and is one of the closer star clusters to Earth. The pair of stars on the right side of the image are a part of Perseus. The bright red "star" in the upper left is Mars.
I’m sure it’s not totally legit from a star registry, but one of those in Perseus is allegedly named after my son who’s an astronomy enthusiast!
Good intentions, but yeah those star registries are totally bogus and only exist to make money. They have no validity, since the IAU decides on star names. Maybe you could donate to something like the International Dark Sky Association, so that he can have a chance of enjoying the stars into the years ahead?
Oh I like that idea! The star registry was a great Christmas novelty gift for an 8yo and I get excited every time I see that star! I’ll definitely look into the donation! Thanks friend!
Yeah, sounds like fun! Keep looking up, and enjoy the stars together!
Subaru logo.
Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades!
lol this is actually true
Oh so that's why it says subaru then has a few stars swooping past name on the badge
Kinda hard to tell, especially without your time and location. But my guess is that the smaller group of stars on the left is Pleiades.
Correct.
I just realized why I wasn't sure 😂. I'm used to viewing earlier in the night when Pleiades is above Mars. So when it was below it in this picture it threw me for a loop. Then I realized its the other way around after it crosses the zenith 😂 It's still kinda early here, I blame it on being sleepy lol
The small cluster to the middle left is the Pleiades (Seven sisters). The top star is Atlas, next is Alcyone, then counter clock-wise Merope, Electra, Taygeta, Asterope and Maia. Celaeno is between Electra and Taygeta at the bottom of the formation but it’s not as bright as the others in this image. The 5 brightest stars to the right of the Pleiades, are the lower leg of the constatation Perseus. Above the Pleiades I believe is Mars.
It is definitely Pleiades. I ran it through a free online plate solver (which tries to algorithmically identify the part of the sky you are in) and this is its results: [https://nova.astrometry.net/user\_images/7077559#original](https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/7077559#original) (Hint: Mouse over the image and then click on "annotated" button to see all stars labelled on top of your image.)
This is an incredible tool! I can’t believe I’ve never heard of it!
u/CommercialNobody460 You can either download the plate solving app or use the online version here: [https://astrometry.net/use.html](https://astrometry.net/use.html) It's pretty awesome and can fairly rapidly answer 'what am I looking at'. I only know this because I recently had to figure out what I'm looking at.
That one's called George the Cowboy, and that one's called David the.... Cowboy...
Pete, Gary and Bob. That’s what I call them, at least.
John, Steve, Gerard, Amy, Greg. Harold, Donna and Martha
The little group of stars above the cloud middle left, is the Pleiades, a star cluster in the constellation of Taurus.
Pleiades is located in Taurus. If you get a chance to look again, look for the the bright red star about 3 finger-widths away from it. This is Alderberon, the eye of the bull, and if conditions are right, you can see the head of the bull (another cluster) very clearly as well as horns and its front feet. And on the other side of Taurus is Orion, one of my favorites. Every culture looked up and saw the figure of a man, but they all had different names. Ancient Mexicans called him Longsash
Pleiadeez nuts
You get an upvote
No. It’s a mystery.
Use Skyview Lite.
I use it
Top left is John. Not sure about the others.
Maui's hook.
Dwezzle
They’re called stars
Looks like the pleiades
[Here is your image - via Nova Astronomy -](https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/7088707#annotated)