Astrophiz135-OctoberSkyGuide

Your monthly treat for naked-eye celestial observers, telescopers, and astrophotographers. Four nice bright planets again this month. Once again in Eastern evening skies, magnificent Saturn and Jupitergrace our skies Over in the West, Venus is spectacular and Mercury is sinking into the twilight For early risers, Saturn and Jupiter are still looking fine over in the West. In Ian’s Tangent, Ian continues on his theme with comets and asteroids, and how explosive collisions between celestial visitors to our solar system have been observed, mis-observed and documented throughout history.