PIX4587980: Conjunction Lune Pleiades et clouages noctulescents - Moon near Pleiades with noctilucent clouds - La Lune cendree pres de l'amas des Pleiades seen in Brittany on 30 June 2008. In the sky, clouds of high altitude, very rarely visible in France. Moon near the Pleiades star cluster with noctilucent clouds. These high altitude clouds are usually seen in summer months but nearer the poles than France. Brittany, June 30 2008 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588105: Moon Venus and Saturn 16/10/2009 - Moon Venus and Saturn - October 16 2009 - The moon in crescent is like its beautiful ash light. Venus just got up right of Benodet Lighthouse. Saturn is higher to the right. Sainte-Marine, Finistere. Crescent Moon with earthshine. Venus has just risen on the right of the lighthouse of Benodet. Saturn is on the upper right. Sainte-Marine, Finistere, Brittany / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588148: Spica Saturn and Mars - Astral trio in the sky of the Reunion On the left, the blue star Spica (from the constellation of the Virgin), on his right Saturn (yellowish) and below Mars (reddish). August 9, 2012 Trio in the sky of Reunion Island At left, the blue star Spica (in Virgo), Saturn to its right (yellow) and below Mars (reddish). August 9 2012 / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588732: Constellation Eagle - The Aquila constellation - The brightest star in this constellation is Altair. It is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It is the center of an almost perfect alignment of three stars and is located about 16 years - light from the Sun. The brightest star of this constellation is Altair, one of the brightest star in the sky / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588824: Eagle and Fleche Constellations - Aquila and Sagitta constellations - The brightest star of this constellation is Altair. It is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. It is the center of an almost perfect alignment of three stars and is located about 16 years - light from the Sun. Above the small constellation of the Fleche. Aquila (the Eagle) well represents a mythological bird that was the companion of Jupiter. It lies in the northern Milky Way and contans rich fields of stars particularly in the western half and into adjoining Scutum. The brightest star in the constellation is Altair (Arabic for flying eagle), which is at one corner of the Summer Triangle (Altair, Deneb and Vega). Sagitta (the Arrow) is the third smallest constellation in the sky, and although it contains no bright stars, was well known to the ancient Greeks. Its arrow seems directed through Vulpecula and Pegasus towards Andromeda, skirting Cygnus. These constellations are a little north of the celestial equator and can be seen from all inhabited parts of the planet. Best seen in the early evening in Augus / Bridgeman Images
PIX4588580: Transit de Venus - 06/06/2012 - Transit of Venus (June 6 2012) - Transit of Venus in front of the Sun seen from Hungary, June 6, 2012. Venus is barely visible as a black dot on the upper center of the solar disc. The Transit of Venus is a rare celestial phenomenon happens only twice in each century and the 2012 transit was the last of our time. Image taken from Hungary / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589136: Whale Constellation - Constellation of Cetus - Also visible, the constellation Belier at the top of the picture. Cetus (the Whale or Sea Monster) is an ancient constellation in the northern sky depicting a whale - like creature basking on the shores of the fabled stream Eridanus, which flows from the celestial equator far into the southern sky. Cetus is extensive but not very distinctive, containing few bright stars. However, some of the stars are exceptionally interesting, particlarly Mira the wonderful, the prototype variable star, whose variability was first noted 400 years ago. The constellation of Aries is visible at the top of the image / Bridgeman Images
PIX4589202: Constellation Belier - Constellation of Aries - The constellation Belier extracted from the Uranographia of Hevelius. Recolorised image. Map showing the constellation of Aries with its mythological form from “” Uranographia”” star atlas by Hevelius (1690). Recolored Image / Bridgeman Images