Sky Guide October 2017

What to look out, and up, for in October.


Jeni, Paul & Ralph pick their highlights for this month’s
skies; starting with the solar system objects on offer to
observers and imagers:


Blue/green ice giant Uranus

The Orionids meteor shower brings us the debris from Comet
Halley

Saturn, recently liberated from the perpetual gaze of Cassini

A not-to-be-missed conjunction of Venus and Mars on 5th
October.

Finally, a couple of comets that may be visible



Next up, we take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for
this time of year:


Paul – Spiral Galaxy NGC772 in Aries.

Jeni – Brocchi’s Cluster or The Coathanger Cluster in
Vulpecula

Ralph – The Triangulum Galaxy in Triangulum



And we finish this sky guide with October’s moon phases.