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The waning crescent Moon would be passing in front of the Pleiades open star cluster on July 20, 2025, for sky watchers to ...
On July 20, 2025, the Seven Sisters celestial event will be visible across the United States and Canada.
The crescent Moon appears to plow through the Pleiades cluster this morning with occultations visible across North and ...
The moon's crescent limb will cloak and uncover stars from the iconic cluster before sunrise.
People who like to gawp at celestial events (as we all should) are in for a real treat at the moment. As well as the best meteor shower of the year – courtesy of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle – there is the ...
Mercury is notoriously difficult to see from Earth, thanks to its proximity to the Sun. But on July 4, Mercury reaches its ...
At their closest, the moon and the Seven Sisters will be separated by just 1⁰ 20'. The dance between the moon and the Seven Sisters will end around just before the Pleiades sets at 15:06 EDT ...
Sept. 16: After sunset, look in the southeast corner of the sky. The moon will lead Saturn across the sky. Sept. 17: Our full Harvest Moon is also a supermoon. And we’ll have a partial lunar ...
SISTERS, Ore. (AP) About 600 residents are under evacuation orders in a prime eclipse-viewing location in Oregon threatened by a wildfire that has closed access to part of a wilderness area and a ...
Weather officials delivered good and bad news Sunday for those hoping to avoid smoky skies for the total solar eclipse. The good news is that the smoke from multiple wildfires in the Cascade Range ...
The Night Sky This Week: Jan. 6-12, 2025. Since it’s an inner planet, with respect to Earth, Venus never appears “full” to us because it never gets the sun’s full glare from our point of view.
According to StarWalk, on July 2 we should look for the Pleiades - also known as the Seven Sisters - star cluster near the dark side of the moon a few hours before sunrise.