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As the Sun sets this Sunday, October 9, look towards the east for the beautiful full moon to rise in the constellation Pisces, the fishes. The most popular nickname for full moon’s in October is Hunter’s Moon – in recognition to the traditional start of hunting season in preparation for the long cold winter. Other […]

On October 8, Saturday night look for an eye-catching close encounter in the sky between the near full moon and brilliant Jupiter. The two will be dominating the southeastern sky as the pair rises soon after darkness falls in the constellation Pisces the fishes. Don’t forget to turn your binoculars on the gas giant to […]

Friday night sees the Moon glide close to Neptune – acting as a great guidepost in finding this super-faint planet. The ice giant will appear about 6 degrees away from the Moon in the southeast sky. Neptune shines at magnitude 7.8 making it a telescope target. Through the eyepiece it looks like a tiny, faint, […]

On October 6 after darkness falls look for the Moon in the constellation Aquarius and is near the beautiful Helix Nebula. The two objects are about 5 degrees apart – equal to the width of your three middle fingers held at arm’s length. This observing challenge is for backyard telescopes as this planetary nebula is […]