{"id":2343,"date":"2019-04-01T08:28:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=2343"},"modified":"2019-04-01T08:35:33","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T08:35:33","slug":"mars_hyades_pleiades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/mars_hyades_pleiades\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars moves between The Hyades &#038; Pleiades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the first week of April, Mars moves between The Hyades and The Pleiades Star Clusters in Taurus.<\/p>\n<p>I took the images below on the evening of the 31st of March.<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-1Web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-1Web.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-1Web-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-1Web-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-1Web-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-1Web-210x140.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2347\" src=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-3Web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-3Web.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-3Web-600x372.png 600w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-3Web-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-3Web-768x476.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-3Web-210x130.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2346\" src=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-2Web.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-2Web.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-2Web-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-2Web-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-2Web-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Mars_Pleiades-2Web-210x140.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>The map below shows the path of Mars as it moves through Taurus and between the two clusters.<\/p>\n<p>Telescopically, Red Planet, showing a slightly gibbous phase, poses a real challenge as its apparent disk size is extremely small at only 4.6 arc seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the view with the naked eye or binoculars.<br \/>\nDave<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2344 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril-1024x517.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"980\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril-600x303.png 600w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril-768x388.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril-210x106.png 210w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril-1536x775.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/MarsPathBeggApril.png 1668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout the first week of April, Mars moves between The Hyades and The Pleiades Star Clusters in Taurus. 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