Wednesday evening, February 13th the 9-day old waxing gibbous Moon will be within about 1o from the reddish star Aldebaran in the open star cluster the Pleiades. The v-shaped Pleiades make up the face of Taurus the Bull and the star is often referred to as the angry eye of the bull due to the star’s reddish color. The entire star cluster and the Moon all fit well within the field of view of binoculars.
Further west is a planetary conjunction between Mars and Uranus. Both will fit well within the field of view of binoculars.
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