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See the moon meet up with the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades this weekend

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The Pleiades cluster (also known as Messier 45 or M45 ) can be found low in the east-northeast part of the sky this week around 10 p.m. local daylight time.

By 4:30 a.m. , they are soaring nearly overhead, high in the south.

Sunday 's event, known to astronomers as an occultation, is part of a series of such events of the moon engaging with this famous group of stars.

Joe Rao is an 8 -time Emmy-nominated meteorologist who served the Putnam Valley region of New York for over 21 years .

He also serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium .

You can find him on Twitter and YouTube tracking lunar and solar eclipses, meteor showers and more.