Sky Guide October 2016

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


Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planet on offer to
observers and imagers:


Venus & Saturn in the late evening with a nice
conjunction of the pair.

Uranus as it reaches opposition on the 16th.



Next up is the meteor showers and October brings us:


The Draconids peaking on 7th October

The Orionids peaking on 20th/21st October



Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for
this time of year:


Ralph – Algol, the Demon Star & The Double Cluster in
Perseus

Paul – The Auriga open clusters: M36, M37 & M38

Jeni – and the Owl Cluster in Cassiopeia



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