Month: October 2026
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Earth’s Unique Eclipses: Compared to Mars, Jupiter, and a Mercury Transit from Venus!
Today we are going to take a look at some solar eclipses from other planets. Just before we do, we are going to review the most recent eclipse that we saw from here on Earth, because our eclipses are different. The eclipses that we get here on Earth are unique. Back on the 12th of…
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October Deep Sky Objects and Exoplanets: The Golden-Eye Cluster, Orion’s Sword, and Whirlpool Galaxy
Today we are going to take a look at a couple of the other things that are visible in the October sky, starting with a particular cluster of stars that is visible in the morning. We looking at the morning of the 14th, with Mars in Cancer the Crab. Even though the constellation Cancer isn’t…
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Meteor Showers in October: The Draconids and The Orionids!
Today we are going to be taking a look at some of the meteor showers that are occurring during the month of October and we’re going to start with the Draconids because the Draconids are the first good shower that we’re going to get. They are technically peaking on the 9th of October, but we…
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Jovian Moons in October: More Galilean Occultations!
Today we are going to look at a few more of the interesting positions that Jupiter’s moons will take relative to each other in the month of October. Firstly, of course we’re going to have a quick look at Jupiter in the morning from here in Ireland, just to see where its moons are like…
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Even More October Stargazing: Mercury & Venus, Mars in the Beehive Cluster and More!
In a recent piece, we took a look ahead to a couple of the events that were occurring in October but there were so many things going on that I didn’t get a chance to look at all of them. In the last piece, we took a look at some of Jupiter’s moons occulting each…
