Science : The Moon met the Pleiades ! A special night it was !

The Moon meets the Pleiades

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September 3, 2026 The Moon will meet the Pleiades, the beautiful Seven Sisters, creating a magical sight in the night sky.

Hi stargazers! As the middle of the night approaches tonight, the waning gibbous moon will float near the Pleiades star cluster. On the following night, September 3, the moon will be shining on the other side of the Pleiades. Don't miss IT !

Something rare is happening in the night sky. On September 3, 2026, the Moon passes near the Pleiades star cluster, creating a beautiful celestial alignment that has fascinated skywatchers and ancient cultures for thousands of years.

But beyond the astronomy, many spiritual traditions have viewed the Pleiades as a symbol of awakening, transformation, guidance, and higher consciousness. So what could this cosmic encounter represent for your spiritual journey?

Something rare is happening in the night sky. On September 3, 2026, the Moon passes near the Pleiades star cluster, creating a beautiful celestial alignment that has fascinated skywatchers and ancient cultures for thousands of years. But beyond the astronomy, many spiritual traditions have viewed the Pleiades as a symbol of awakening, transformation, guidance, and higher consciousness. So what could this cosmic encounter represent for your spiritual journey?

 

✨Spiritual traditions : 

But beyond the Astronomy, many Spiritual traditions have viewed the Pleiades as a symbol of awakening, transformation, guidance, and higher consciousness. So what could this cosmic encounter represent for your spiritual journey?

✨ In this video, you can explore : 🌌 What happens when the Moon meets the Pleiades

🌙 The astronomical meaning behind this rare alignment

⭐ Why the Pleiades have been spiritually significant across ancient cultures

🔮 The deeper symbolic meaning of this celestial encounter

💫 How this energy may relate to intuition, emotional healing, and inner transformation

🕊️ What message you may be invited to reflect on during this cosmic event

The sky sometimes gives us more than something beautiful to look at. It gives us a moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect with something deeper within ourselves.

If you feel unusually intuitive, emotional, reflective, or drawn toward change around this time, this video may offer a perspective worth exploring.

🌟 Look up. Pay attention. The universe may be inviting you to see something differently...

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For an entire information about the Pleiades read my publication Science ! Let's talk about the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades.

Now back to school, teachers and students can discuss in person lessons their experiences and knowledge about the Pleiades. it will be fantastic !

Curricula: Cross-curricular: History; Sciences; Languages & Literature (traditions, mythology, poetry, prose).

Level : All levels.

Teachers must consider the activities to every level or curriculum they are teaching.

Sciences curriculum will be enhanced with another spectacular event. The Pleiades!

G-Souto

04.09.2026

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Spectacular things to see in the night sky in August ? A Total solar eclipse & the Perseid meteor shower ! What an excitement !

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Oh dear ! What an excitement ! A solar eclipse the 12 August and the Perseid meteor shower the 13 August !!

While the two events are unrelated, their timing makes for an exceptional night of stargazing. So true !

Here are some of the incredible celestial happenings that you’ll want to add to your diary, true ?!

credits : BBC

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Venus and Jupiter have appeared on the evenings of 8-9 June with Mercury also visible nearby.

A planet parade might sound like a dressing-up opportunity but it’s actually the term used to describe a number of planets all being visible in the night sky at the same time.

credits: Getty Images

The best annual meteor shower returns to our skies, and the Perseids dazzling display is set to peak on Wednesday night.

Skywatchers will be treated to not one, but two, impressive astronomical events within just a few hours of each other.

A deep total solar eclipse will be also visible in  in the early evening before the Sun sets and the stars emerge. While the two events are unrelated, their timing makes for an exceptional night of stargazing.

Total sola eclipse will be visble at the Parque Natural de Montesinho

Northen Portugal

credits: Jonathan Martins

via SIC Notícias, PT

Viewers across swathes of Europe including France, Belgium, Switzerland and northern regions of Italy will also be able to see around almost 88-95% coverage, while spectators in parts of Greenland and Northeast Portugal and Spain will see a total eclipse. 

Montesinho Natural Park

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In Portugal, the best place to watch the solar eclipse is at Parque de Montesinho. Montesinho Natural Park is one of the country’s largest natural parks. It is located in the region of Trás–os–Montes, in the Northeast region.

Sadly you’ll have to travel to appreciate one of the most breathtaking celestial events of 2026 - a total solar eclipse. On 12 August 2026, the moon will block the view of the sun from Earth, causing the sky to go dark.

credits: BBC

If you happen to be in Greenland, Iceland, Portugal or northern Spain at the time, then you will need to protect your eyes with a special solar viewer while looking at the eclipse, except for the brief time when the sun is entirely covered by the moon.

Pay attention to all the precautions you must take an of course, don't forget the special solar eclipse glasses.

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In the summer we can expect the Perseids, one of the better known meteor showers made of debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle that breaks up as the Earth slams into it on its turn around the sun. As well as around 50 to 100 meteors per hour, they also feature fireballs that explode for longer and tend to be brighter than a meteor.

As there will be a new moon around the Perseids’ peak, the sky will be darker and better for spotting the shower. Look out from 17 July to 24 August - the peak will be around 13 August.

The Perseids, pronounced 'Per-see-ids', are caused by debris left behind specifically by the Swift-Tuttle comet.

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This comet is considered large with its solid core measuring 16 miles (26km) across. As it takes 133 years to complete a single orbit around the Sun - much longer than our own - some of the pieces of rock we see burning up could have been left behind more than a century ago.

The comet, discovered independently by Lewis Swift on July 16, 1862, and by Horace Parnell Tuttle on July 19, 1862, has a charm that makes it very attractive to cosmonauts. It is responsible for the fact that every year we can observe one of the most incredible meteor showers, the Perseids

These meteors are visible all around the world and named because they appear to originate from the constellation Perseus.

Perseus

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Perseus is a large, prominent constellation in the northern sky. Named after the Greek mythological hero who defeated Medusa, it contains the famous eclipsing variable star Algol, the brilliant star Mirfak, and serves as the radiant point for the annual Perseid meteor shower.

The best time to watch is on the peak nights, which this year is in the early morning hours between midnight and dawn on 12 and 13 August.

At this time there will be many, many more meteors. If you are really lucky, you could see more than 100 'shooting stars' per hour.

Resources: 

Hello Science ! Here come the Perseid meteor shower ! Look up the sky !

Schools : Missed the Total Solar Eclipse ? Here's came the sun ! Resources

Hope you will enjoy, as a sky watcher, admiring the beauty of these two awesome events tomorrow.

Happy  stargazer moment!

G-Souto

11.08.2026

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Science ! Let's talk about the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades !

 

credits: Manfred_Konrad via Getty Images

The night sky can be a wondrous place filled with stars, but there are some brilliant celestial lights that shine brighter than others.

Yesterday night, 11 July  Moon met the Seven Sisters Pleiades and 13 July Moon wil be near Aldebaran, Mars and the Pleiades.

credits: Muhammad Alaa in Sanabu, Assiut, Egypt

The Pleiades, do you know ?

The Pleiades is a bright star cluster and a popular skywatching target.

The Pleiades are an asterism, or pattern of stars, as well as an open star cluster, made up of more than 1,000 stars. 

They are located in the constellation Taurus and are about 410 light-years from Earth. 

Recently astronomers discovered that the Pleiades star cluster has more than 3,000 sibling stars that originated from the same giant molecular cloud.

The Taurus Constellation

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The Seven Sisters ?

The Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters" (Messier 45), is a  young, bright open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. Located about 444 light-years away, it contains over 1,000 stars, though only 6 to 7 are typically visible to the naked eye

Also known as the "Seven Sisters" and Messier 45, they derive their English name from Greek legend in which the stars represent the daughters of the ocean nymph Pleione.

 

• Mythology :

Many ancient cultures had myths and stories associated with the Pleiades. 

In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of Atlas, a Titan who held up the sky, and the oceanid Pleione, protectress of sailing. 

The Pleiades Greek Mythology

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The sisters were Maia, Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celaeno and Merope. Also, the Pleiades were sometimes said to be nymphs in the train of Artemis. They were half-sisters of the seven Hyades. The Hyades pattern is another star cluster near the Pleiades stars.

According to the myth, when the hunter Orion pursued the sisters, Zeus transformed them into doves and placed them in the heavens to protect.

According to a Polynesian legend, the Pleiades was once a single star: the brightest in the sky. The Polynesian god Tane disliked this star bragging about its beauty. So the god smashed the star into pieces, creating the Pleiades star cluster.

Pleiades and Halloween : The modern-day festival of Halloween originates from an old Druid rite that coincided with the midnight culmination of the Pleiades cluster. People believed the veil dividing the living from the dead was at its thinnest when the Pleiades culminates – reaches its highest point in the sky – at midnight.

credits: Earth.org

Shortly before sunrise tomorrow morning, look for the thin waning crescent moon, glowing with earthshine. It’ll lie close to the horizon, with the red planet Mars and bright orange giant star Aldebaran somewhat higher in the east. You might see the tiny dipper-shaped Pleiades star cluster, too. 

Chart via EarthSky

• How to watch :

Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good telescope or binoculars will enhance some experiences and bring some otherwise invisible objects into view.

• Resources:

Here the five best night sky sights of July 2026. Mark your calendar skygazers students !

 

• Best stargazing locations, recommended by the EarthSky community

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Education:

It’s time for the best of 2026 in the night sky! Mark your calendars for these special stargazing events in this year. From planetary pairings to epic eclipses, and from intriguing evening sky scenes to inspiring morning views, there’s much to see.

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July is a wonderful month to stargazing. The Pleiades! An awesome event to share with your students if you still in class. That's depends from the country.

Most of us are excited about this. Sciences teachers and students. Stargazers as well. 

The last publishing has been in April 2025 : Science Education: Don't miss the Pink Moon to light up the sky on April 12, remember?

Wow ! So long I don't publish about science and shy ! 

Let's do now ! Teachers id you are still in person lessons at schools, invite your students to be ready as stargazers. 

If not, contact your students by social media and ask them to take some photos if they are lucky, or capture small videos (some seconds) with their smartphones and tablets to explore in Science classroom after school holidays.

After Summer holiday, teachers and students will discuss their experiences and knowledge about the Pleiades. it will be fantastic !

Curricula: Cross-curricular: History; Sciences; Languages & Literature (traditions, mythology, poetry, prose).

Level : All levels.

Teachers must consider the activities to every level or curriculum they are teaching.

Sciences curriculum will be enhanced with another spectacular event. The Pleiades!

G-Souto

12.07.2026

Copyright © 2026G-Souto'sBlog, gsouto-digitalteacher.blogspot.com®

Science : Hey stargazers ! Let's talk about the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades+ ! by G-Souto is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

Sources: EarthSky/ Space.com/ Wikipedia