skychart for position of uranus october 19

Viewed through a telescope during October, our sister planet will show a gradually waning, half-illuminated phase and an apparent disk diameter that swells dramatically from 19 to 25.6 arc-seconds. Venus’ eastward prograde motion will see it depart Libra, cross Scorpius, and enter Ophiuchus during the month, all the while brightening steadily from magnitude -4.26 to -4.56. local time on October 1 and an hour later on October 31. For mid-northern latitude observers, Venus will set shortly before 11 p.m. But the nearly vertical ecliptic available in the Southern Hemisphere will allow the planet to sit relatively high in a dark sky there.

Venus Venus, October 2021 (Chris Vaughan, Starry Night Education)ĭuring October, extremely bright Venus’ position below a shallow evening ecliptic will continue to prevent the planet from climbing very high - or from shining in a dark sky - for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. Meanwhile the planet will dramatically increase in apparent brightness. Viewed in a telescope during October, Mercury will wax from a slim crescent to 78-per-cent-illuminated, while its apparent disk diameter shrinks from 10 to 6 arc-seconds. At Mercury’s greatest western elongation on October 25, the planet will extend to a modest 18.4 degrees from the Sun. This, the best morning apparition for the year for mid-Northern latitude observers, will continue until November. Several days later, the upright morning ecliptic will allow Mercury to quickly return to visibility low in the eastern pre-dawn sky. Mercury will not be observable until after it passes inferior solar conjunction on October 9. Mercury Mercury, October 2021 (Chris Vaughan, Starry Night Education)

Skychart for position of uranus october 19