Mars comes close to Earth: Here are all the space events happening this week

Astromers and Stargazers are often seeking out marvellous celestial spectacles. Wher it’s a comet or meteor shower, y are sure to follow tracks of se objects. More often than t y capture stunning pictures to showcase wonder of to ors. Hence, Twitter is filled with pictures of some of most break taking phemens. According to a report on Astromy.com here is what will be visible in sky this week. 

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events this week

Friday, Oct.2

On Friday, sky gazers were able to sneak a peek at Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. This girmous cluster is Cataloged as M13, contains more than 100,000 stars. Most of se stars shone at magnitude 5.8, this makes it second brightest in rrn sky. Biculars or a telescope could bring out many of M13’s myri stars.

Saturday, Oct. 3

On Saturday, Moon will reach an apogee, which is farst point from our planet. This will happen at 1:22 P.M. EDT. At point of apogee, Moon will be 252,476 miles (406,321 kilometres) from Earth.

While starting to wane from Full, Earth’s natural satellite will rise near Uranus tonight. An hour after moonrise sky gazers will be able to watch two celestial bodies only 5.7° apart from one ar. By 2 A.M. EDT on October 4, y will be just 4.3° apart. 

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Moon and Uranus duo will be shimmering between bright stars Hamal in Aries and Menkar in Cetus. Uranus will reportedly appear at magnitude of 5.7and will be best visible with biculars or a telescope tonight. If a skywatcher looks a little west-southwest of du, re in wilderness of vast , y will be able to spot bright Mars. 

Mars will be visible near Pisces constellation. If skywatchers look a little west, past Pisces y will be able to find Neptune in eastern Aquarius. farst planet from Sun is currently visible at magnitude of 7.8.

Sunday, Oct. 4

Pluto which has been seemingly stationary against background stars will reverse its westerly motion. Hence it will begin to move towards east. In evening of Oct 4, dwarf planet will be visible after sunset. 

It will be sinking toward horizon between Jupiter and Saturn in South. celestial trio is rast of Sagittarius’ Teapot asterism. Jupiter and Saturn will be 7° apart tonight, with Pluto nestled between m.

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Monday, Oct. 5

Comet 88P/Howell is floating through southwestern sky se days. On Oct.5 skywatchers will have auspicious opportunity to see it. However, enthusiasts must keep in mind that re is merely a window of one hour to witness comet. Hence it will do m good to find a dark spot away from city and keep ir biculars and telescopes rey.

Comet Howell will be sandwiched between globular clusters M19 to its west and NGC 6293 to its east. In fact, re’s ar good news. re is plenty more to see nearby comet, re is globular cluster NGC 6355 and Pipe Nebula sit a little farr to comet’s east, and 12.8° east of Howell is open cluster NGC 6520.

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Tuesday, Oct. 6

On Oct 6, Mars will come closest to Earth at 10 A.M. EDT. Red Planet will be merely 0.41 astromical units (1 astromical unit being aver Earth-Sun distance), or 38.6 million miles (61.3 million km) from our planet. late evening will be best time for viewing.

Mars will be glowing at a magnitude of 2.6 in East. Under higher magnification, skywatchers might also be able to witness dark Syrtis Major and bright Hellas Basin. Looking slightly towards East, a bright waning gibbous Moon will brighten sky.

Wednesday, Oct. 7

Draconid meteor shower will be visible in late evening hours of Oct 7. In past, this periodic shower has produced some impressive shows. However, this time it is scheduled for relative mediocrity with around 10 meteors per hour.

Thursday, Oct. 8

October 8 is a stargazer’s last chance to see Mercury in evening sky. Only 30 minutes after sunset, tiny planet will be visible just 2° high in southwest. It will set 15 minutes later and will be well on its way to inferior conjunction with Sun on October 25.

Friday, Oct.9

Last Quarter Moon will occur at 8:40 P.M. EDT tonight. Given that moon will rise late in evening, it will be a perfect time to seek out dimmer, deep-sky objects that would be obscured by its light. A seasoned observer with a good scope should be able to see several of Aquila’s planetary nebulae: NGC 6804, NGC 6781, NGC 6741, NGC 6772, and NGC 6751.

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