<\/p>\n A cluster of stars surrounded by a diffuse glow should be visible to the lower right of the thin lunar crescent. That’s the Pleiades, a collection of over 1,000 blue-white stellar bodies colloquially known as the Seven Sisters, after its most prominent members: Asterope, Alcyone, Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Taygete and Merope.<\/p>\n You may like<\/p>\n Venus<\/a> will be visible below the moon, appearing as a bright evening star<\/a> setting just two hours after the sun<\/a>, so be sure to find a clear view of the western horizon if you hope to see the three striking objects come close to lining up in the evening sky!<\/p>\n \n How to measure distances in the night sky using nothing but your hand. (Image credit: Created in Canva Pro)<\/p>\n The ice giant Uranus<\/a> will lurk 5 degrees to the upper right of Venus at a magnitude<\/a>, or brightness, of just +5.8, making it almost impossible to spot with the naked eye. Its proximity to the horizon will make it even more challenging to spot on the evening of April 19. However, a pair of binoculars or a telescope may allow you to resolve its tiny greenish disk hanging in the blackness of space.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Celestron NexStar 8SE deals<\/p>\n You may notice a soft glow illuminating the shadowed side of the lunar disk as it glides silently towards the horizon, as sunlight bounces off Earth<\/a>‘s cloudy surface to strike its natural satellite. The phenomenon \u2014 known as “earthshine”, the “Da Vinci Glow”, or “the old moon in the new moon’s arms”- is most easily seen on the nights surrounding the new moon<\/a> phase, when the angle between the moon and Earth leaves them well positioned to share our sun’s light.<\/p>\n Want to see the wonders of the cosmos for yourself but aren’t sure where to start? Then why not check out our beginner’s guide to stargazing<\/a>, along with our picks of the best telescopes<\/a> and binoculars for exploring the post-sunset realm<\/a>.<\/p>\n Editor’s Note: If you capture a photo of the moon and Pleiades and want to share it with Space.com’s readers, then please send your photo(s), comments, and your name and location to spacephotos@space.com. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Look to the western sky about 30-90 minutes after sunset on April 19 for a fleeting but incredible…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-386177","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-newzealand","10":"tag-nz","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"graphic](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/vY5y3mvPz2g6RoXrb4D62D.jpg\")
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