The Sky This Month Oct-Nov 2016 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun ; N Visible at 1x power. N 12 N 13 Nk 14 N 15 N 16 Best in binoculars. near Jupiter (AM) RASC Ottawa meeting CAO work party Cool down the telescope. ISPCS conference * (on-line) Jupiter reappears in Virgo bright ISS flyover  Photo op! recreational meeting near Neptune Mercury best viewed (AM) Mercury best viewed (AM) ESA ExoMars separation  Record the session. Sun in Virgo Orbital ATK Antares cargo evening ISS flyovers Mars near Nunki full Moon k Rockets and satellites. 7:27 sunrise; 6:41 sunset launch (tent.) - Wallops continue Moon near Uranus Uranus at opposition 17 N 18 Nk 19 N 20 N 21 T 22 23 Eris at Opposition epsilon-Geminid meteor Mars near Pluto ISS flyovers end opposition of Ceres 3rd quarter Moon asteroid 18 Melpomene shower peak Moon occults Aldebaran Mira (omicron Ceti) may Orionid meteor shower at opposition Moon near Pleiades NASA Juno probe reach minimum mag. peak Moon very near orbital burn Moon near M35 Aldebaran Roscosmos Progress resupply mission to ISS Z M 24 $N 25 ' 26 NN 27 N 28 N 29 N 30 1 km asteroid 2005 SE71 300 days to the eclipse! C. Carr died ! Saturn, Venus, Antares ! Moon and Jupiter near ! Venus near Saturn ISS flyovers begin (AM) near Earth asteroid Kubrick closest meeting speakers night in a line Porrima (AM) Sun leaves Virgo new Moon asteroid Lespaul closest to Earth Venus near Antares 565 m near 2003 TL4 ! Moon near Jupiter (AM) War of the Worlds Roscosmos Soyuz MS-1 to Earth Moon near near Earth RASC Mississauga anniversary departs ISS Pluto near omicron Sagittarii RASC TC NOVA course Venus near Antares speaker night Sun enters Libra SpaceX SES-10 launch watch Mars move watch Mars move 31 1 I 2 3 N 4 RN 5  6 dark sky observing † dark sky observing † meeting speakers night dark sky observing † bright ISS flyover (AM) Daylight Saving Time ends Mars 1¼ AU away RASC TC NOVA course Gaia data release #1 workshop - Madrid solar observing at OSC Lunar X Halloween young Moon challenge daytime Venus? use Moon… ! Moon between Venus (AM) ! Moon near Venus ! Moon near Venus and Mars Moon near Mars and Saturn Mars not far away s. Taurids meteor peak exp. 1 arrives ISS (2000) T 7 8 I 9 See pgs 116-119 of 2016 RASC Observer’s Handbook for more astro event info. 1st quarter Moon 1st Canadian Space Policy Carl Sagan's birthday † Dark Sky, City Observing Sessions are run on first clear night during week . asteroid Confucius closest Symposium - Ottawa Moon near Neptune Orionid meteor shower continues for this entire period; peaks on 21 Oct. to Earth Mars enters Capricornus recreational meeting * International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight. Mars leaves Sagittarius RASC TC nominations 7:03 sunrise; 5:01 sunset All events in evening unless otherwise noted with (AM). deadline ISS = International Space Station. See http://heavens-above.com/ for pass information. RASC TC NOVA course

prepared by Blake Nancarrow (astronomy°@°computer–ease°.°com) There's Venus. There's Mars. And there's Jupiter. And I'm stuck here. --Calvin to Hobbes