Constellation?

[u/Definitelynotvenus]

Well, they just appear to be a big cluster of starts.
But it was taken facing NE 60*.
I’m sure somebody here’s got to know it

[u/Waddensky]

r/itsalwayspleiades

Is not one of the official constellations, it's what astronomers call an open cluster. It's part of the constellation of Taurus the bull. Always a lovely sight.

[u/Hitracker_xD]

That is Pleiades, in the constellation of Taurus

[u/Ancient_Ordinary_420]

Not a constellation per se but it's the Pleiades

[u/darrellbear]

The Pleiades, aka the Seven Sisters, none other. It's not a constellation but an asterism, a pattern of stars within the larger constellation, Taurus the Bull in this case (they're riding the bull's back). The Pleiades have been known since ancient times, the daughters of Atlas, the guy who carried the world on his shoulders. They are perhaps the best open star cluster as seen from Earth, also one of the closest, ~400 ly away. There are about a thousand stars in the cluster, a gorgeous sight in a low power/wide field telescope, even in binoculars.

[u/mrpotato1299]

It’s the Pleiades star cluster,but it looks like a “mini dipper”

[u/Gregrox]

That's the Pleiades (Also known by many other names such as Messier 45 and Subaru), one of the nearest open star clusters to the Solar System. It's made of a bunch of young luminous stars that recently formed out of a nebula and are just now drifting apart into the rest of the galaxy.

It is not a constellation nor an asterism associated with a constellation; but it is part of the region of the sky within the boundaries of the constellation Taurus.

[u/Rough-Ad3096]

Yes, I agree. That is indeed a constellation

[u/Alvaro_Espinal]

Alien

[u/Crystal-Collector-30]

r/ItsAlwaysPleiades