brocchis cluster
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- The night sky for October - October 2006 (MP3)
Ian Morison tells us what we can see in the night sky from northern latitudes during October 2006. It is getting darker earlier and the Milky Way can look beautiful from a dark sky location. In the west, high up in the early evening are the constellations of Cygnus and Lyra with Aquila below forming the summer triangle. Using binoculars you can see Brocchi's Cluster in the summer triangle. In the south is Pegasus from which you can star-hop to the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Ian discusses Algol - the demon star - an eclipsing binary star system and when you can look for the dips in its brightness during October. This month isn't good for planet hunting but you can try to spot Uranus, Jupiter and even Mercury. Later in the month Saturn will be rising earlier in the night.
