Tonight’s Sky
Sunday, October 11 · At 10 PM from Naperville
Where to look: hold your fist out at arm’s length. It covers about 10° of sky, so “3 fists up” means three fists above the horizon. The tag on each object says what gives the best view.
The Moon & Planets
Moon
New Moon
Not up at 10 PM
Dark skies: a good night for faint objects.
Saturn
Southeast
4 fists up (40°)
Easy to see by eye · Sets 6:20 AM
Telescope
Uranus
East
2 fists up (17°)
Low now, higher later tonight
Telescope
Neptune
Southeast
4 fists up (42°)
Sets 5:40 AM
Telescope
Later tonight: Mars rises 12:55 AM, Jupiter rises 2:10 AM. Not visible tonight: Mercury, Venus.
What to See at 10 PM
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Andromeda Galaxy (M31) Galaxy in Andromeda Binoculars
East, 7 fists up (65°)
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TX Piscium (19 Piscium) Carbon Star in Pisces Binoculars
Southeast, 5 fists up (48°)
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WZ Cassiopeiae Carbon Star in Cassiopeia Binoculars
Northeast, 7 fists up (67°)
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Albireo Double Star in Cygnus Telescope
West, 5 fists up (51°)
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Epsilon Lyrae (Double Double) Double Star in Lyra Telescope
West, 5 fists up (48°)
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Great Hercules Cluster (M13) Globular Cluster in Hercules Telescope
Northwest, 3 fists up (25°)
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Almach (Gamma Andromedae) Double Star in Andromeda Telescope
East, 5 fists up (51°)
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Ring Nebula (M57) Planetary Nebula in Lyra Telescope
West, 5 fists up (47°)
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Dumbbell Nebula (M27) Planetary Nebula in Vulpecula Telescope
West, 5 fists up (54°)
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Gamma Delphini Double Star in Delphinus Telescope
Southwest, 6 fists up (56°)
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M92 Globular Cluster in Hercules Telescope
Northwest, 4 fists up (35°)
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M15 Globular Cluster in Pegasus Telescope
Southwest, 6 fists up (58°)
Catalog data: OpenNGC (CC BY-SA 4.0), the Washington Double Star Catalog (USNO), and the General Catalogue of Galactic Carbon Stars (Alksnis et al. 2001).