Bootleg Astronomers

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3	First Quarter Moon at 0:14 UT.
4	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 16:41 UT (distance 369,325km; angular size 32.4').
5	Moon near Saturn at 19h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.5. • Saturn (Wikipedia)
8	Moon near Jupiter at 21h UT (evening sky). Mag. −2.9. • Jupiter (Wikipedia)
8	Mercury at greatest elongation west at 21h UT (18° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.5.
9	Full Moon at 20:54 UT.
12	Moon near Uranus at 7h UT (morning sky). Occultation visible from NW USA, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Mag. 5.7. • Uranus (Wikipedia) • Occultation of Uranus (IOTA)
13	Moon near the Pleiades at 7h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia)
14	Moon near Aldebaran at 0h UT (morning sky). • Aldebaran (Wikipedia)
15	Moon near Mars at 4h UT (morning sky). Mag. −0.9. • Mars (Wikipedia)
15	Moon near M35 star cluster at 21h UT (110° from Sun, morning sky). • Messier 35 (Wikipedia)
17	Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 10h UT (distance 404,328km; angular size 29.6').
17	Moon near Castor at 11h UT (morning sky).
17	Moon near Pollux at 17h UT (morning sky).
17	Last Quarter Moon at 17:15 UT.
18	Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 21h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD)
20	Moon near Regulus at 18h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia)
21	Orionid meteor shower peaks at 10h UT. Arises from the debris field of Comet Halley. Active from October 2 to November 7. Produces very fast (67 km/sec), generally faint meteors (20 per hour). Radiant located near Orion's club asterism. • Meteor Shower Calendar (IMO)
22	Venus at superior conjunction with the Sun at 21h UT (not visible). Venus is passing into the evening sky.
25	New Moon at 10:47 UT. Start of lunation 1235.
25	Partial Eclipse of the Sun at 11:00 UT (greatest). Visible from Europe, NE Africa, Middle East and west Asia. Begins 8:58 UT. Ends 13:02 UT. • Partial Solar Eclipse of 2022 October 25 (GIF) (NASA) • Solar Eclipses: 2011 - 2030 (Mr Eclipse) • NASA Solar Eclipse Page (NASA)
28	Moon near Antares at 5h UT (evening sky). • Antares (Wikipedia)
29	Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 14:27 UT (distance 368,291km; angular size 32.4').
30	Moon at southernmost declination (−27.5°) at 1h UT.

>>> All times Universal Time (UT). USA Central Standard Time = UT-6 hours. (DST = UT-5 hrs,)

Zodiacal Light is caused by sunlight reflected off meteoric dust in the plane of the solar system. Choose a clear, moonless night, about 1-2 hours after sunset, and look for a large triangular-shaped glow extending up from the horizon (along the ecliptic). The best months to view the Zodiacal Light is when the ecliptic is almost vertical at the horizon: March and April (evening) and October-November (morning); times reversed for the southern hemisphere.
• Zodiacal Light (Wikipedia)
• Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD)
• Photographing the Zodiacal Light (Weatherscapes)