March 3, 2021
On March 3, 2021, the red planet Mars and Pleiades star cluster in Taurus will appear close together on the sky’s dome. The two won’t get this close again until 2038! See photos of the big event.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Haiping Zhu in Haiyan, Zhejiang, China, captured this photo of Mars and the Pleiades on March 2, 2021. Haiping wrote: “The greatest conjunction of Mars and Pleiades ever since 1991 is happening these days.” Thanks, Haiping!
Have you seen the close conjunction of Mars and the Pleiades star cluster yet? EarthSky readers have! We’re getting photos from all over the world of the close pairing of the red planet and beautiful, tiny, dipper-shaped star cluster in Taurus. The closest conjunction between the two comes on March 3, 2021. Find details here on how to see it. Mars and the Pleiades won’t be this close again until 2038. If you snap a stunning pic of this great event, share it with us at our Community Photos page!