... A Morning Line of Stars and Planets . ... 11.07.2012 . ... Pictured above, easily visible from left to right, were the Pleiades open star cluster, Jupiter , Venus , and the " Follower " star Aldebaran , all seen before a starry background. ... Jupiter and Venus will continue to dazzle pre-dawn strollers all over planet Earth for the rest of the month, although even now the morning planets are seen projected away from the line connecting their distant stellar sky mates . ... July 2012 . ... 2011 2012...