Thursday 15 October to Thursday October 22

The First Quarter Moon is Monday October 19. Twilight Lunar X visible 0n the 18th. Saturn is just past opposition, but still magnificent in telescopes. Mars is not far from Jupiter low in the morning sky. In the evening, Venus is sinking into the twilight with Mercury above it. The asteroid Vesta can be seen in binoculars. The Orionid meteor shower is best on the mornings of the 22nd and 23rd. The First Quarter Moon is Monday October 19. The Moon at apogee, when it is furthest from the Earth, on October 17.North-Eastern horizon on the morning of Saturday, October 17 as seen from Adelaide at 5:03 ACDST (90 minutes before sunrise, click to embiggen). Saturn is low above the north-western horizon. Mars is in the heart of the Beehive cluster (M44). Mars forms a line with Jupiter and the bright star Regulus.The insets shows the telescopic view of Mars Jupiter at this time. Similar views will be seen from the rest of Australia at roughly the equivalent local time (90 minutes before…