{"id":4161,"date":"2020-03-30T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2020-03-30T11:36:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:36:37","slug":"venus-photo-bombs-the-pleiades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/venus-photo-bombs-the-pleiades\/","title":{"rendered":"Venus Photo-bombs The Pleiades."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the first week of April, Venus Photo-bombs The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus.<\/p>\n<p>On the evening of the 2nd it will be just below The Pleiades.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200402.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4193 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200402.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200402.png 1016w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200402-600x409.png 600w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200402-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200402-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200402-210x143.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the 3rd, Venus will be at its closest to the cluster lying close to Merope.<br \/>\nIt will be a dazzling jewel amongst the much fainter stars within the cluster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200403.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4192 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200403.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200403.png 1016w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200403-600x409.png 600w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200403-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200403-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200403-210x143.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the 4th of April, Venus will have started moving away from the cluster as the bright planet heads eastwards.<br \/>\n(Or is that The Pleiades heading westwards?).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200404.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4194 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200404.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200404.png 1016w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200404-600x409.png 600w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200404-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200404-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.star-gazing.co.uk\/WebPage\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venus-Pleiades-20200404-210x143.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope we get some more clear skies.<\/p>\n<p>Have Fun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first week of April, Venus Photo-bombs The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus. On the evening of the 2nd it will be just below The Pleiades. On the 3rd, Venus will be at its closest to the cluster lying close to Merope. It will be a dazzling jewel amongst the much fainter stars within [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Venus Photo-bombs The Pleiades. - Star-Gazing","description":"In the first week of April, Venus Photo-bombs The Pleiades Star Cluster in Taurus. On the evening of the 2nd it will be just below The Pleiades. 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