Actual Astronomy - Observer’s Calendar For October

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur
astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com


The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Episode 502: The Observer’s
Calendar for October 2025. In this episode we talk about a long
list of observing events from Carbon stars to many shadow
transits of the Moon of Jupiter. Don’t miss the Orionid meteor
shower and catch Saturn with its rings edge on! We also discuss
some stars and deep sky objects and two bright comets coming our
way!


 


Oct 1 - Monday Oct 1 - Carbon Star FU Mon is at it’s best
tonight

Oct 2 - Minor Planet Ceres is at opposition at m-7.6

Oct 4 & 5th - Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter. 12:49am
and 7:03pm EST.

Oct 6th - Full Moon as Saturn, Neptune and Moon congregate in
late evening sky

Oct 7th - Full Moon today but try and Follow Sirius with your
unaided eye into the daylight 



sky this week and see if you can ferret Vega out before sunset.


Double shadow transit?



Oct 9th Endymion sunset rays visible on Moon

Oct 10 - South Taurid Meteor shower in pre-dawn sky - ZHR = 5
to 10

Oct 11 - Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter 2:42 am est.

Oct 12 - Jupiter 4-degrees S. Of Moon & another Jupiter
double shadow transit at 9:11pm & Zodiacal light becomes
visible this week!

Oct 13 - Last Quarter Moon & Carbon Star RT Capricornus
best tonight

Oct 14 - Variable star T Cephei at max mag. 5.2 this evening

Oct 15 - Saturn ring tile of -1.01-degrees!

Oct 16 - Moon occults Regulus 1pm est - We miss it

Oct 18 - Double Shadow transit on Jupiter

Oct 20 - Mercury 2-degrees S of Mars (conjunction)

Double Shadow transit on Jupiter

Carbon Star RZ Pegasai at it’s best tonight

Oct 21 - New moon & Orionid Meteor Shower peaks with ZHR
of 20 in predawn hours

- These meteors originate from Comet Halley, 1 part of
stream..second part in Aquarids of May

- Also, another double shadow transit on Jupiter

Oct 22 - Gegenschein visible from dark skies, high in S at
midnight

Oct 23 - NGC 1269 well placed for those much farther south of
50-N

Oct 24 - Carbon star S Scuti at it’s best tonight

Oct 25 2 more Shadows on Jupiter 7:18pm

- Saturn ring tilt closes to -0.72-degrees

Oct 26 Carbon Star UV Aquili best tonight

Oct 27 - NGCs 55, 247 & 300 well placed in south late in
the evening

Oct 28 - Lunar X visible near crater Werner

- Another double shadow transit on Jupiter

Oct 29 - First Quarter Moon & Mercury at greatest
elongation in evening sky - LOW

- Lunar Straight wall visible this evening

Oct 30 Jeweled Handle visible on Moon

From AI- The Jeweled Handle (or Golden Handle) on the Moon is
a clair-obscur effect where the peaks of the Montes Jura mountain
range, bordering the Sinus Iridum (Bay of Rainbows), are
illuminated by the rising sun at lunar dawn. This creates the
illusion of a "handle" formed by bright, curved mountain peaks
against the shadowed basin of the Sinus Iridum. 



Look out for:


Comet C2025 R2 SWAN 


C/2025 A6 Lemmon


 


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