Throughout the month
The bright and lonely star Fomalhaut will appear near the planets Jupiter and Saturn. To locate it, look south from the northern hemisphere. Jupiter is brighter than all stars and much brighter than Saturn. We can easily observe Jupiter along the ecliptic, or the path of the sun, throughout the night, throughout October 2021.
October 7-8-9-10
Locate Venus and the Moon in the west after sunset. You will also be able to contemplate the bright star Antares, the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpio.
October 13-14-15
Look south from the northern hemisphere for these days, the moon, Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky. As an example, the moon will pass Saturn 4 degrees south of the ringed planet on October 14 at approximately 07:00 UTC.
The end of October
Because it is the innermost planet, Mercury never leaves the sun in Earth's sky . But about six times a year, the tiny planet drifts to one side of the sun as seen from Earth. It is when we can locate it in the east before sunrise or in the west after sunset. See it before sunrise in the sky of the northern hemisphere. Observers in the southern hemisphere will have a harder time seeing it. You will also be able to see the star Arthur emerging from the glow of dawn, to the left (north) of Mercury, in late October.
