<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; "></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Comets</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Comet C/2011 F1 LINEAR passes by the globular cluster M5 during the first 10 days of October as it travels through the constellation of Serpens Caput in the west this month. Look for Comet Machholz in the early evening soon after sunset shining around 10th magnitude. Dark skies will definitely be required.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* For information, orbital elements and ephemerides on observable comets visit the Observable Comets page from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (<a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/index.html"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); ">http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/index.html</span></a>).</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* For more information about Comets, visit Gary Kronk's <a href="http://Cometography.com">Cometography.com</a> web page at <a href="http://cometography.com/"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); ">http://cometography.com/</span></a>.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Eclipses</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* No eclipse activity this month.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Observational Opportunities</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* The Moon occults Jupiter on the morning of the 6th for observers in southern Australia.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Catch Saturn early in the month before it disappears into the twilight glow.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">* Venus is prominent in the morning sky before sunrise.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">* The Orionid meteor shower peaks on the morning of the 21st.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Look for fireballs during the last few days of October and the first weeks of November.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Asteroids</b> (From west to east)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* <b>Parthenope</b> is in the constellation of Aquarius.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* <b>Pallus</b> is in the constellation of Cetus.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* <b>Vesta</b> is in the constellation of Orion.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Information about the Minor Planets can be found at <a href="http://www.minorplanetobserver.com"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); ">http://www.minorplanetobserver.com</span></a> the Minor Planet Observer web site.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Occultations</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* The Moon occults Jupiter on the morning of the 6th for observers in southern Australia.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Information on various occultations can be found at <a href="http://lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(4, 51, 255); ">http://lunar-occultations.com/iota/iotandx.htm</span></a> , the International Occultation Timing Association's (IOTA) web site.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><b>Planetary/Lunar Exploration Missions</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">(Excerpts from recent mission updates)</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; min-height: 14px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "></span></div></body></html>