Astronomy - USA (2019-10)

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Objects visible in the evening

Early evening

Pluto Saturn

Jupiter

Venu

s

The Moon passes 1.9° north

of Jupiter on October 3

Sun

Ceres

Eunomia

Mer

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y

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

31 30 29 28 27

Callisto

Europa

Ganymede

Jupiter

Io

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10"

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Uranus

Saturn

Neptune Pluto

Io

Ganymede

Europa

Callisto

This map unfolds the entire night sky from sunset (at right) until sunrise (at left). Arrows

and colored dots show motions and locations of solar system objects during the month.

JUPITER’S

MOONS

Dots display

positions of

Galilean satellites

at 10 P.M. EDT on

the date shown.

South is at the

top to match the

view through

a telescope.

OCTOBER 2019

Oct. 31

1.8

3.7"

99%

2.543

1.645

13h04.3m

–5°57'

Oct. 15

9.1

0.4"

98%

3.283

2.868

17h07.9m

–25°19'

Oct. 15

–2.0

34.6"

99%

5.700

5.256

17h16.7m

–22°50'

Oct. 15

0.5

16.4"

100%

10.112

10.042

19h01.7m

–22°31'

Oct. 15

5.7

3.7"

100%

18.858

19.828

2h11.1m

12°39'

Oct. 15

7. 8

2.3"

100%

29.111

29.934

23h10.7m

–6°26'

Oct. 15

14.3

0.1"

100%

33.896

33.899

19h28.6m

–22°26'

MARS CERES JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO