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Catch a Rare Lunar Occultation Jupiter Plus Saturn at Opposition in Early October (opens the original)
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The first week of October kicks off with two don’t miss skywatching events. It’s a busy skywatching month ahead. The first full week of October sees two top-notch skywatching events, with Saturn reaching opposition, and the Moon occulting Jupiter for North America on October 6th. This month’s occultation of Jupiter by the Moon is one of the best-placed and top skywatching events for 2026. The event transpires in the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 6th, centered on 10:16 Universal Time/6:
Following Neptune Through Opposition 2026 (opens the original)
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The planet Neptune presents a fine late September target at dusk. Never seen Neptune for yourself? Late September 2026 presents an ideal opportunity to cross the outermost ice giant off of your ‘life list,’ as the planet reaches opposition for 2026, rising opposite to the setting Sun and riding high to the south towards local midnight. Neptune reaches opposition for 2026 at ~1:00 Universal Time (UT) on September 26th (9:00 PM EDT on Friday the 25th). +7.6 magnitude, gray-blue Neptune presents a
Catching 2026 Jovian Moon Mutual Eclipse Season (opens the original)
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Catching the dance of Jupiter’s major moons though late 2026. It’s that time of the decade again. Late 2026 going into early 2027 is a special time for the major Jovian moons, as they trade places passing one in front of another as seen from our Earthly point of view. We call this mutual transit-eclipse season, a favorable time to catch the complex interplay of Jupiter’s major moons. Mutual transits and eclipses of the Jovian moons occur in bidecadal seasons. This is centered on once every five
How to Land a Rocket Launch ‘Space Jellyfish’ (opens the original)
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How to catch a luminous sky wonder of the modern space age. What used to be a rare sight gracing the twilight sky is now becoming strangely commonplace. If you live on either U.S. coast, you have to good chance at seeing what’s become a common sky scene in our modern technocene era: a space launch jellyfish. It’s all about viewing geometry. An iridescent launch plume occurs near dusk or dawn, around an hour before local sunrise or after local sunset. These can appear especially dramatic, as the
Penultimate Lunar Occultations Inbound for Jupiter, Venus and More in September (opens the original)
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The Moon has a full dance card along the ecliptic this month. The Moon is busy in September. Coming off of eclipse season in August, the Moon visits no less than two planets, two bright stars and one open cluster in September, as it heads towards the Full Harvest Moon of 2026 on September 26th. No matter where on Earth you happen to be observing from this month, chances are, there’s an occultation of a bright celestial object by the Moon coming to a sky near you. Despite the esoteric-sounding na
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