Special Nor\u2019easter Addition<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the large nor\u2019easter that took out NC 12 also took out a part of my observatory. Everything is pretty much back to normal now, but the repairs left me running short of time for observations.<\/p>\n
The above is the Helix Nebula, NGC 7293.<\/p>\n
This planetary nebula was discovered by Karl Ludwig Harding in the 1820s. It\u2019s about 800 light-years away from us and has a visual magnitude of +7.6. It is commonly called the \u201cEye of God,\u201d but Lord of the Rings fans often call it the \u201cEye of Sauron.\u201d<\/p>\n
What you can look for in October\u2019s Night Skies<\/p>\n
You might be able to see Venus and Mercury right above the western horizon just after sundown.<\/p>\n
Saturn will rise in the east right after sundown.<\/p>\n
The Orionids Meteor Shower is active from the beginning of October through the first week of November. The peak is on the night of October 21. As the name implies, the Orionids are associated with the constellation Orion. The shooting stars will seem to originate near the constellation, but they\u2019re really debris from Halley\u2019s Comet.<\/p>\n
At midnight on the 21st, Orion will be about 15 degrees above the eastern horizon. The best way to view the meteor shower is to pick a clear night, go up on the beach around midnight and gaze in the direction of Orion. Once your eyes adjust to the darkness, you should start seeing some shooting stars.<\/p>\n
Moon Phases:<\/p>\n
Last Quarter is October 3<\/p>\n
New Moon is October 10<\/p>\n
1st Quarter is October 18<\/p>\n
Full Moon is October 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Special Nor\u2019easter Addition Unfortunately, the large nor\u2019easter that took out NC 12 also took out a part of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-869071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}