Actual Astronomy - Objects To Observe In October

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. [email protected] Oct 3 - first quarter Moon & Lunar Straight Wall visible Oct 5 - Saturn 4 degrees North of the Moon … further for us Oct 7 - Neptune is 4 degrees North of Moon Oct 8 - Morning Sky - Mercury greatest Elongation West 18-degrees from Sun.  Oct 8 - Jupiter NW of the Moon by ~ 4 degrees Oct 9 - full Moon in Pisces Oct 11/12 - Uranus Occultation by Moon Oct 12 - Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter…but you need to be West, Hawaii etc. Oct 14/15 - Moon and Mars in same binocular field. Oct 16 - Io Shadow Transit on Jupiter Oct 17 - Last quarter Moon Oct 18 - 230 Athamanthis Opposition & mag. 9.9 Athamantis (minor planet designation: 230 Athamantis) is a large main-belt asteroid that was discovered by K. de Ball on September 3, 1882, in Bothkamp. It was his only asteroid discovery….named after Athamantis, daughter of Athamas the mythical Greek king of Orchomenus. Oct 19 - Jupiter Double Shadow Transit but the UK is favored Oct 20/21 - Orionid Meteor Shower Peak - Comet Halley Oct 23 - Zodiacal Light Visible in East for next 2 weeks Oct 25 - new Moon & Partial  Solar Eclipse -Scandinavia, Eastern EU.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].