Moon Meets the Seven Sisters: A Sunset Skywatching Show Tonight
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After sunset on Jan. 27, the 76% lit Moon will sit about 5 degrees from the Pleiades open star cluster in Taurus, offering a chance to spot the Seven Sisters with binoculars. The Moon will drift away and set around 3 a.m. local time, making the view more challenging by nightfall’s end, so look to the southeastern sky with a clear, dark-site horizon to see Asterope, Alcyone, Celaeno, Electra, Merope, Maia and Taygeta.
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- The Sky Today on Tuesday, January 27: The Moon, the Pleiades, and Uranus Astronomy Magazine
- Starwatch: Moon occultation will ‘wink out’ Pleiades star cluster The Guardian
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