Venus stands close to 4th-magnitude Kappa and Upsilon Tauri this evening, visible to the naked eye and wonderful through any optics. | Published: April 30, 2026 Venus stands near the 4th-magnitude stars Kappa and Upsilon Tauri on the last day of April 2026. Credit: Stellarium Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full  Sky This Week  column.  April 29: Jupiter nudges up to Wasat Venus ends the month of April near a pair of 4th-magnitude stars in Taurus the Bull: Kappa (κ) and Upsilon (υ) Tauri. The bright planet now lies to the upper right of 1st-magnitude Aldebaran, the Bull’s eye, and to the upper left of the Pleiades open cluster.  Venus is slightly closer to Kappa, standing just 20’ to this star’s northwest (right). Upsilon sits above Venus, just over 0.5° to the planet’s northeast. You’ll be able to view all three together in a telescope, as well as fainter field stars in the area not as readily visible to the naked eye.…