Jupiter & Saturn in Taurus

Jupiter & Saturn in Taurus – Jupiter is brighter than Saturn and lower in the sky. The V shaped stars close to Jupiter are known as the Hyades open star cluster. The more compact open cluster above Saturn is the Pleiades or M45 the 45th entry in Charles Messier’s famous list. The Pleiades are sometimes refered to as the seven sisters from Greek mythology for the seven daughters of Atlas.