Posted on 10/01/2017 6:57:34 AM PDT by BenLurkin
October is jam-packed with sky-watching delights, from shooting stars created by a famed comet to a celestial dance featuring the moon, Mars, and Venus. The night skies will also showcase a far-flung planet at its best for the year, while early mornings will offer a lunar hide-and-seek with a brilliant star.
So dust off those binoculars, and mark your October calendar!
Mars and Venus Join ForcesOctober 5
Moon Meets Stellar Bull's EyeOctober 9
Moon Buzzes BeehiveOctober 13
Moon Eclipses Leos HeartOctober 15
Zodiacal LightsOctober 15-30
Planetary Pair Hosts MoonOctober 17
Big, Bright UranusOctober 19
Orionid Meteor Shower PeaksOctober 21
Bouncing SaturnOctober 23-24
Pallas[Asteroid] Prime TimeOctober 29
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Did anyone see the episode of Family Feud where the Neil DeGrasse Tyson family appeared?
Evidently one of Neil’s daughters is named Miranda, after one of the moons around Uranus.
Steve Harvey and he almost came to fisticuffs over the pronunciation of the name of the planet.
I was laughing so hard, I’m sure it could be heard all the way to ....Neptune.
THX for da ping, SunkenCiv.
Anyone who pronounces it UR enes (an invention of Carl Sagan, as far as I’ve been able to figure out) is just an anus lacking even a rudimentary knowledge of Greek myths and pron. It doesn’t surprise me that the nitwit DGT says it wrong.
My pleasure!
And!
He believes in Global Warming too.
Thank you for posting this!!
Fry: Oh, man, this is great! Hey, as long as you don’t make me smell Uranus.
[He laughs.]
Leela: I don’t get it.
Farnsworth: I’m sorry, Fry, but astronomers renamed Uranus in 2620 to end that stupid joke once and for all..
Fry: Oh. What’s it called now?
Farnsworth: Urectum.
If you look very closely at Rigel with a high powered telescope, you may be able to see the Starship Enterprise, which spends a lot of time in that system.
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