Thursday, October 1, 2026
Saturn opposition Oct 4 (up all night, brightest of year); rings tilted ~7.5° with southern face showing; Hubble discovery: new ten-sided atmospheric wave at Saturn's south pole, strengthening Waning gibbous moon (~70% lit), moonrise ~10:10 PM; late-night moonrise near Aldebaran, Capella, and the Pleiades Venus low in western twilight after sunset (challenging); Jupiter rises ~3 AM and Mars ~1 AM as morning planets Draconids meteor shower peaks night of Oct 8, evening shower, dark skies (near-new moon), ~5-10/hr, possible surprise outbursts Orionids peak Oct 21-22 (~20/hr, bright moon interfer
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