Hey sky-gazers, Trace here Mars is one of the most fun planets to point out to friends, because even the most casual star-friends can see it s reddish hue.
And through this week and next you get more way more Martian bang for your buckazoid because of a conjunction with TWO star clusters!
Pop outside around 8pm and face west -- Mars is there, but if you can t quite see it Orion s belt stars should point right to it!
The best part: you can look to the RIGHT of Mars and you ll see the Pleiades, also known as the seven sisters, and to the left next to Aldeberan is the Hyades!
These star clusters are groups of many hundreds of stars that were all born recently (astronomically speaking).
The Hyades contain more heavy metals than our sun, and the Pleiades are hot, young, blue-white giants and subgiant stars.
Rawr!
Watch Mars split the difference between these clusters, and keep lookin up!