…not to be confused with Snow White and the seven dwarfs.
According to a brief from NASA, the second planet from the Sun is passing directly in front of the Pleiades star cluster. It’s a rare sunset conjunction that’s easy to find with the unaided eye, but best seen through binoculars or a small telescope.
The configuration could be seen last night, April 2, as Venus entered the outskirts of the little dipper-shaped asterism. Although, from my city yard at about 8:00 pm with an overhead Moon nearing full, the Pleiades were a bit faint. Our favorite astro-photographer, Anthony Ayiomamitis, has a luminous photo of the Pleiades, minus Venus, here. He writes of tonight’s event:
Viewing the Pleiades through binoculars is strongly advised since one will see the Seven Sisters in all their glory with very fine points of light from other stars enriching the background sky. Also, binoculars may allow one to also glimpse the partial phase of Venus which is similar to a ‘first quarter’ Moon.