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Eyes on the Sky Update<\/strong> Monday, Oct. 23<\/strong> \u2013 Jupiter, the current Evening \u201cStar,\u201d rises tonight at 6:30 p.m. as civil twilight begins. Saturn, much dimmer than Jupiter, is over the southeastern horizon at this time and to the upper left of the nine-day old waxing gibbous moon.<\/p>\n Tuesday, Oct. 24<\/strong> \u2013 Venus, the current Morning \u201cStar,\u201d is above the eastern horizon by 4:30 a.m. This planet moves higher to the east-southeast as sunrise approaches. In the evening sky, the gibbous moon is over the southeastern point at 6:30 p.m. and appears to the lower left of Saturn.<\/p>\n Wednesday, Oct. 25<\/strong> \u2013 The winter stars of Orion are located halfway up the sky over the southern horizon by 4:30 a.m. In the evening sky, the bright gibbous moon appears to the lower right of Neptune but you will need a telescope to see this planet.<\/p>\n Thursday, Oct. 26<\/strong> \u2013 By 10 p.m., the stars of the Summer Triangle \u2013 Vega, Deneb, Altair \u2013 are starting to get low in the west. Meanwhile, the Big Dipper is riding just over the northern horizon.<\/p>\n Friday, Oct. 27<\/strong> \u2013 The summer stars of Sagittarius are setting in southwest by 8 p.m. while the winter stars of Taurus are rising in east-northeast.<\/p>\n Saturday, Oct. 28<\/strong> \u2013 Night of the Full Hunter\u2019s Moon and since it is two weeks after an eclipse of the sun, there is a lunar eclipse.\u00a0 (A lunar eclipse can also occur two weeks before a solar eclipse.)\u00a0 This partial eclipse of the moon will start at midafternoon local time, so this eclipse is primarily a European, Asian and African event. Only five percent of Earth\u2019s inner, dark shadow will cover the moon at maximum. By evening, this Hunter\u2019s Moon will appear above Jupiter.<\/p>\n Sunday, Oct. 29<\/strong> \u2013 This evening, the waning gibbous moon appears to the east (left) of Jupiter. The moon also appears just to the upper left of the planet Uranus, but binoculars or a telescope are needed to see this planet. All three of these celestial objects are above the eastern horizon by 8:30 p.m. while Saturn is at its highest altitude in the south at this time.<\/p>\n
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