Volume 25 Issue 10
October 2019
October 2019
Month at a Glance:
This month is a special month for my wife and I as we celebrate our 50th year of marriage. The graphic below shows the sky on October 25th 1969, as well as Delta Aquila, a 3rd magnitude star in the constellation of Aquila the Eagle. This star is 50 light years away so the light you see from Delta Aquila left that star 50 years ago, the year we were married.
Click here for the month at a glance calendar.
This month is a special month for my wife and I as we celebrate our 50th year of marriage. The graphic below shows the sky on October 25th 1969, as well as Delta Aquila, a 3rd magnitude star in the constellation of Aquila the Eagle. This star is 50 light years away so the light you see from Delta Aquila left that star 50 years ago, the year we were married.
Click here for the month at a glance calendar.
The evening sky October 25th 1969.
The evening sky October 25th 2019.
The evening sky October 25th 2019.
Mercury reaches eastern elongation toward the end of this month and remains visible as an evening planet for most of the month.
Venus returns to the evening skies but is still somewhat close to the Sun, and Venus will be visible but use caution.
Mars starts becoming more visible over the eastern horizon before sunrise as this month ends.
Dwarf Planet Ceres is within a few degrees west from Jupiter but with an apparant magnitude of between 8 and 9 Dwarf Planet Ceres is too dim to be seen without the use of larger aperture telescopes or camera timelapse sequences.
Jupiter remains as an evening planet but is low over the western horizon at sunset local time and sets around 1-2 hours after sunset.
Saturn is visible over the southwestern horizon amongst the stars of Sagittarius at sunset and Satrn sets a few hours after sunset local time.
