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October skies: The month’s skies bring a lot of moon-star rendezvous—and an ideally timed meteor shower!
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• The moon is visible an hour after sunset daily Oct. 1-8, and again Oct. 23 or 24 through Nov. 6.
On Oct. 17, Jupiter lies directly ahead of Spaceship Earth in our orbit around the sun.
Using binoculars on Oct. 20, look for a very thin 1 percent crescent, 10° to the lower right of Venus.
• This year, the peak of the Orionid meteor shower coincides with the date of new moon, Oct. 21.
Robert Victor originated the Abrams Planetarium monthly Sky Calendar in October 1968 and still helps produce an occasional issue.