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The moon meets up with the Seven Sisters tonight. Here's how to see it


On the evening of Oct. 9, a waning gibbous moon visits the famous Pleiades Star Cluster  — the Seven Sisters  — in Taurus. Binoculars should bring out the cluster of stars from the brilliant light of the moon

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