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Your guide to the night sky this month,
and a guide for binoculars, and telescope deaf owners,
compiled by Derek Rowley
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2025 October
(Click the blue link below for more information)
All the times are shown in BST (British Summer Time)
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Wednesday 1st October 2025
Dwarf planet, Ceres reaches opposition
in the constellation of Cetus.
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Thursday 2nd October – Friday 7th November 2025
The Orionid Meteor Shower – active
(Peak: Monday 20th October 2025)
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Sunday 5th / Monday 6th October 2025
Close approach of the Moon and Saturn
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Mon 6th / Tues 7th / Wed 8th October 2025
NGC 2420 (Open Cluster) & Jupiter
(1am – 5am)
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Monday 6th October 2025
Titan of Transit
(2am – 5am)
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Tuesday 7th October 2025
Rising supermoon
(6pm)
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Thursday 7th October 2025
The Moon at perigee
(1.27pm)
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Thursday 7th October 2025
Full Moon
(Hunter’s Moon)
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Thursday 9th October 2025
A path of Comet
(C/2004 E1 – Wierzchos)
(8pm)
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Friday 10th October 2025
The Moon & M45 (Seven Sisters)
(5am)
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Monday 13th October 2025
Titan is occulted by Saturn
(Be preparing your self at 23:45pm)
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Tuesday 14th October 2025
Close approach of the Moon & Jupiter
(1am)
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Wednesday 15th October 2025
Moon near the Beehive Cluster
(2am)
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Wednesday 15th October 2025
The bright variable star Beta Persei (Algol)
reaches minimum brightness.
(21.44)
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Thursday 16th / Friday 17th October 2025
Moon & Regulus
(4am)
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Saturday 18th October 2025
Eris is at opposition
(all night)
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Sunday 19th October 2025
Moon & Venus
(6.30am)
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Monday 20th October 2025
Comet C/2025 R2 (Swan) makes it
closest approach to Earth
(0.26 Astronomical Units / Magnitude: +7.1)
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Monday 20th October 2025
Look out for earthshine
(7am)
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Monday 20th October 2025
The Orionid Meteor Shower is at maximum
(all night)
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Friday 24th October 2025
The Moon at apogee
(00.32am)
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Tuesday 21st October 2025
New Moon
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Wednesday 22nd October 2025
Look out for Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6)
(8pm)
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Sunday 26th October 2025
Clocks go backward
(2am)
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Sunday 29th October 2025
First Quarter Moon
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Wednesday 29th October 2025
Mercury at greatest elongation
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