During the early evening hours, a cluster of stars resembling a little dipper rises out of the northeastern sky. This mystical cluster is the Pleiades, or the Seven Sisters, one of the nearest star clusters to Earth.
In the Mediterranean Sea, The Pleiades mark the start and end of the sailing season. Ancient cultures even used the rise of the Seven Sisters to mark the start of the year. Starting Sunday with daylight savings, the cluster will be rising at 8pm and will be gracing the sky for the rest of fall and winter.
Keep your eyes to the cosmos in early November for various sightings. Comet T.A. is still visible with the naked eye but is better seen with binoculars. On November 4th, a conjunction of Venus and the moon can be seen in the southwestern sky at dusk, and on November 10th look for a conjunction of the moon and Saturn.
And on the morning of Election Day, a meteor shower called the South Taurid, famous for its fireball meteors, will reach its peak.
You can hear Astro Bob's Backyard Astronomy every other Tuesday at 8:20am on Northland Morning.
