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‘Snow Moon’ Visits Scorpius As The ‘Seven Sisters’ Sparkle: The Night Sky This Week
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This week is a great time for stargazing as the skies are dark and ideal for picking out constellations. A crescent moon can be seen both before sunrise and after sunset. On Monday, February 5, a 25%-lit waning crescent moon will be visible near Antares, a red supergiant star in the constellation Scorpius. On Wednesday, February 7, a 9%-lit waning crescent moon will be visible below Venus. On Thursday, February 8, it will be two months until the 'Great American Eclipse,' a total solar eclipse in North America. On Friday, February 9, there will be a new moon, signaling Chinese New Year. On Sunday, February 11, a 6%-lit slim crescent moon will be visible in the southwestern sky just after sunset. The Pleiades, also known as the 'Seven Sisters,' is a group of stars located in the Taurus constellation and can be seen with the naked eye as a small, bright cluster. The Pleiades group contains seven main bright stars—Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta, and Pleione. These stars are around 100 million years old and are surrounded by a cloud of gas and dust that lights up with the radiation from the stars.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/02/04/the-old-snow-moon-visits-scorpius-as-the-seven-sisters-sparkle-the-night-sky-this-week/
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This week is a great time for stargazing as the skies are dark and ideal for picking out constellations. A crescent moon can be seen both before sunrise and after sunset. On Monday, February 5, a 25%-lit waning crescent moon will be visible near Antares, a red supergiant star in the constellation Scorpius. On Wednesday, February 7, a 9%-lit waning crescent moon will be visible below Venus. On Thursday, February 8, it will be two months until the 'Great American Eclipse,' a total solar eclipse in North America. On Friday, February 9, there will be a new moon, signaling Chinese New Year. On Sunday, February 11, a 6%-lit slim crescent moon will be visible in the southwestern sky just after sunset. The Pleiades, also known as the 'Seven Sisters,' is a group of stars located in the Taurus constellation and can be seen with the naked eye as a small, bright cluster. The Pleiades group contains seven main bright stars—Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta, and Pleione. These stars are around 100 million years old and are surrounded by a cloud of gas and dust that lights up with the radiation from the stars.
#Stargazing #Astronomy #NightSky #CrescentMoon #Constellations #TotalSolarEclipse #Pleiades #SevenSisters
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/02/04/the-old-snow-moon-visits-scorpius-as-the-seven-sisters-sparkle-the-night-sky-this-week/