Oct 1: Comet 103P Hartley is just 1 deg 37’ from Alpha Cassiopeia
Oct 1: Saturn Conjunction
Oct 1: Last Quarter Moon
Oct 5: A Waning Crescent Moon stands within 6 degrees from Regulus in East just before dawn
Oct 7: Mars is just 41’25” from a 2.7th mag star Alpha Librae after sunset in West
Oct 7: Comet 103P Hartley is just 1.5 deg away from “Double Clusters” in Perseus. Great opportunity for astro-photographers!!
Oct 8: New Moon
Oct 8-9: Draconids Meteor Shower will peak in a New Moon night. Expect a peak rate of 10 meteors per hour under clear, moonless conditions.
Oct 11: A Waxing Crescent Moon is just 2 degrees from Antares in West at the time of evening
Oct 15: First Quarter Moon
Oct 17: Mercury Superior Conjunction
Oct 18: Comet 103P Hartley is within 3 degrees south of brilliant Capella
Oct 20: The Moon is within 8 degrees from Jupiter
Oct 20: Comet 103P Hartley is closest to Earth by distance of 0.12 AU.
Oct 21-22: Orionids Meteor Shower will peak in presence of a Waxing Gibbous (95% illuminated) Moon. This shower produces a peak rate of 20 meteors per hour.
Oct 23: Comet 103P Hartley is just 1.5 deg from the Open Cluster M37 after midnight
Oct 23: Full Moon
Oct 25: The Moon is just about 4 degrees from M45
Oct 26: Comet 103P Hartley is 3 degrees from a rich open cluster M35 in Gemini after midnight
Oct 29: Venus Inferior Conjunction
Oct 30: Last Quarter Moon
THIS MONTH’S PLANET ROUND-UP
VENUS: Very low in the evening sky. The planet will be on Inferior Conjunction on 29th October.
MARS: Along with Venus, Mars is very low in the evening sky at West. Mars will be just 41’25” from a 2.7th mag star Alpha Librae on 7th.
JUPITER: Jupiter will be visible for most of the time of night during October. The planet URANUS will remain close with Jupiter.
SATURN: The ringed world will emerge from the early morning eastern sky around 20th August. The planet will be very close to Gamma Virginis star.
MERCURY: Mercury will be on Superior Conjunction on 17th.
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