Sky Guides
How to Find the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters Star Cluster
The Pleiades are back in the evening sky. The little cluster known as the Seven Sisters rises in the east-north-east before 9 PM in mid-October and a few…
Binoculars
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Planets
Mercury at Greatest Elongation: October 12, 2026
Mercury reaches greatest elongation east on Monday, October 12, 2026, when it stands 25 degrees from the Sun in the evening sky, as far as it gets on…
Planets
Mars Crosses the Beehive Cluster: October 10 to 12, 2026
For three mornings this week Mars drifts straight through one of the best star clusters in the sky. On Saturday, October 10, the red planet sits at the…
Planets
Moon Meets Mars and Hides Jupiter: October 5 and 6, 2026
Two mornings in a row this week the waning crescent Moon visits the two brightest planets of the dawn sky. On Monday, October 5, it passes just over…
Sky Guides
How to Find the Andromeda Galaxy in October 2026
The Andromeda Galaxy is the farthest object most people will ever see with their own eyes: a galaxy of a trillion stars, 2.5 million light years away, whose…
Planets
Saturn at Opposition 2026: See the Rings at Their Best
Saturn is closest and brightest for the year on October 4, 2026, up all night with its rings tilted open again after the 2025 edge-on view. When to…
Planets
Neptune at Opposition 2026: How to Find the Farthest Planet
Neptune is at its brightest and closest for 2026 and, for once, easy to find: bright Saturn sits about nine degrees away. Where to look, what binoculars and…