Sunday, August 25, 2024

Half-moon near the Pleiades (overnight)

Once the half-illuminated moon has cleared the eastern rooftops towards midnight on Sunday, August 25, it will spend the rest of the night crossing
the sky with nearby Uranus and the bright little Pleiades star cluster, aka
the Seven Sisters and Messier 45. Use binoculars (orange circle) to easily see the stars of the cluster arrayed to the upper right of the moon. The "sisters" will be farther from the moon for observers viewing them later or in more westerly time zones. The distant planet Uranus, which is visible in
binoculars, will spend this year about a palm's width to the right (or celestial SSW) of the Pleiades.

(Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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