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Visible planets and night sky guide for October

Visible planets and night sky guide. This month is packed with skywatching treats. Watch this video preview with 5 must-see celestial events for October 2025.

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Visible planets and night sky guide for October

Visible planets and night sky guide for October

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Astronomy Essentials

Visible planets and night sky guide for October

Exoplanets are worlds orbiting other stars

The Big Dipper: Why can’t you see it now?

The Super Harvest Moon overnight on October 6-7

Brightest Stars

Gamma Cephei, aka Errai, a future North Star

Fomalhaut is the Loneliest Star … but not in 2025

Thuban was the North Star for the ancient Egyptians

61 Cygni – a double star – is nicknamed Flying Star

Constellations

Cassiopeia the Queen ascends in September and October

Cepheus the King: The constellation that looks like a house

Sagitta the Arrow lies inside the Summer Triangle

Aquila the Eagle soars along the Milky Way

Clusters Nebulae Galaxies

The Andromeda galaxy: All you need to know

See the Trifid nebula aka Messier 20 tonight

The Great Rift is a dark swath in the Milky Way

The Omega nebula is a star-forming region

Favorite Star Patterns

Great Square of Pegasus gallops into the autumn sky

Teapot of Sagittarius points to Milky Way center

The Northern Cross: Find the backbone of the Milky Way

Summer Triangle: Star pattern of the season