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==  Meteor Showers<ref name="RASC"/>==
 
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Draconids - 08 October 2015
 
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Orionids - 21 October 2015
 
Orionids - 21 October 2015
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== Other events<ref name="RASC"/> ==
 
== Other events<ref name="RASC"/> ==
 
Uranus at opposition - 12 October 2015
 
Uranus at opposition - 12 October 2015

Revision as of 11:00, 1 October 2015

Sky happenings for the month of October 2015

Note all times and dates in UTC unless otherwise specified.

Contents

Lunar Phases[1]

Phase Date (UTC) Time (UTC)
Last Quarter 04 October 2015 21:06
New 13 October 2015 00:06
First Quarter 20 October 2015 20:31
Full 27 October 2015 12:05

Meteor Showers[1]

Draconids - 08 October 2015

Orionids - 21 October 2015

Other events[1]

Uranus at opposition - 12 October 2015

Night Sky

Note that this is for Calgary, Alberta on 15 October 2015 at 22:30 MDT. For this date and local time it will be similar for places in the northern hemisphere.
The autumn constellations are now well overhead. Object such as M31 and clusters such as M34 are now nearly overhead. Clusters M36, M37 and M35 are now rising on the eastern horizon.

15 Oct 2015 Sky

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Information from the RASC Observer's Handbook
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