Look to the western sky in the hours preceding dawn on Nov. 6 to see the moon shine close to the constellation Taurus and the stars of the Pleiades open cluster.

The 94%-lit moon will appear roughly halfway up the western sky in the hours before sunrise on Nov. 6, with the stars of the Pleiades appearing as a hazy patch of light 5 degrees to its upper left — though they'll be a challenge to spot in the glow of the bright near-full moon. Remember, the width of your three middle fingers held at arm's length spans roughly 5 degrees in the night sky.

A pair of 10x50 binoculars will help reveal the seven brightest stars of the Pleiades open cluster — Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Asterope, Alcyone and Celaeno, the "Seven Sisters" — along with a phalanx of dimmer stars belonging to the 1,000

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