Check out the night sky this month, October 2023. Here are videos highlighting the top sights to observe.
** What’s Up: October 2023 Skywatching Tips from NASA – NASA JPL
A “ring of fire” solar eclipse across the Americas on Oct. 14 is this month’s top highlight! Plus the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus strike some lovely poses for stargazers and planet watchers to enjoy.
0:00 Intro
0:12 Moon & planet highlights
1:29 Psyche mission launch
2:17 Annular solar eclipse
3:41 October Moon phases
Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What’s Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/skywatch….
** Tonight’s Sky: October 2023 – Space Telescope Science Institute – Tonight’s Sky
Crisp, clear October nights are full of celestial showpieces. Find Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek myth, to pinpoint dense globular star clusters and galaxies, and keep watching for space-based views of M15, NGC 7331, and the Andromeda Galaxy.
** What to see in the night sky: October 2023 – BBC Sky at Night Magazine
Astronomers Pete Lawrence and Paul Abel reveal what to see in the night sky this month, including:
– Partial lunar eclipse on 28 October
– Making the most of Venus
– Bright beautiful Jupiter approaching opposition
– Observing Jupiter’s Galilean Moons
– Moon’s encounter with the Pleiades star cluster
– Cutlass effect on the Moon
– Draconid meteor shower and Orionid meteor shower
– Comet 103P/Hartley
** Sky & Telescope’s Sky Tour Podcast – October | An Annular Solar Eclipse and Orionid Meteor Shower – Sky & Telescope Youtube
Our monthly Sky Tour #astronomy #podcast provides an informative and entertaining 10-minute guided tour of the nighttime sky. Listen to the October episode and celebrate two #eclipses, check in with #jupiter and #Saturn, track down the evening’s bright #stars, and look for bits of Halley’s #Comet flashing across the sky. Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.
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Guide to viewing the 2023 Annular Solar Eclipse | October 14, 2023 – Sky & Telescope Youtube
Here’s what to expect for the annular — or “ring of fire” — #solareclipse on October 14, 2023. Don’t miss seeing the #Moon partially cover the face of the #Sun in a run-up to the total solar #eclipse happening next year in April 2024. The editors of Sky & Telescope share what to expect and how to safely view all the phases of October’s celestial event. Learn more about this annular eclipse and safe eclipse viewing at skyandtelescope.org.
See also
- October Podcast: Jupiter & Saturn Dance at Dusk – Sky & Telescope
- Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast: Upcoming Celestial Events – Sky & Telescope
** What’s in the Night Sky October 2023 – Annular Solar Eclipse | Orionid Meteor Shower – Alyn Wallace
00:00 Intro
00:30 Ring of Fire Eclipse
03:03 Partial Lunar Eclipse
05:18 Milky Way
06:43 Orionid Meteor Shower
08:53 Taurid Meteor Showers
10:58 Aurora
11:40 Moon and Planets
13:02 #WITNS Winners
** Night Sky Notebook October 2023 – Peter Detterline
** See also:
- Night sky, October 2023: What you can see tonight [maps] | Space.com
- October Night Sky Guide (October 2023) | Farmers’ Almanac
- Sky This Month: October 2023 | Astronomy.com
- What’s in the Sky This Month? | October 2023 | High Point Scientific
- Night sky highlights – October 2023 | Royal Museums Greenwich
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