THIS WEEK IS ELEVEN-ELEVEN LET’S WISH UPON SOME# ANCIENT, AMAZING STARS AND FIND TWO CLUSTERS!

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LOOK DUE EAST AT TEN PM FOR ORANGE# ALDEBARAN THE EYE OF TAURUS THE BULL.

TAURUS IS AN ANCIENT SHAPE, AND# CONTAINS TWO STAR CLUSTERS - GROUPS OF STARS THAT FORMED AT THE SAME# TIME, NOW BOUND BY MUTUAL GRAVITY.

ALL THOSE ORANGE AND BLUE STARS AROUND# ALDEBARAN IS THE STAR CLUSTER, HYADES.

IT’S THE CLOSEST OPEN STAR CLUSTER TO EARTH.

NEXT, RIGHT ABOVE TAURUS, IS A MINI-DIPPER.# THAT’S THE PLEADIES STAR CLUSTER!

IT’S ALSO RELATIVELY CLOSE, AND THOUGH WE SEE SIX OR# SEVEN STARS, THE CLUSTER CONTAINS HUNDREDS.

BOTH ARE STRIKING UNDER A DARK# SKY OR WITH BINOCULARS.

SO MUCH SO THAT OVER SIXTEEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO HUMANS# PAINTED THE WALLS OF LASCAUX (LA-SKOH) CAVE IN FRANCE WITH AN OX OR BULL, AND JUST# ABOVE ITS HEAD?

A LITTLE PLEADIES!

TAURUS, HYADES AND PLEADIES HAVE BEEN MARVELED AT# FOR MILLENNIA, WITH GOOD REASON.

KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!