<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=us-ascii"></head><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; "></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* A total solar eclipse occurs on the 13th after sunrise crossing parts of northern Australia and the South Pacific. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs on the 28th. The eclipse begins at 1215 UT (7:15 am EST).</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">* Jupiter dominates the evening sky all month.</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; ">* A Solar Eclipse occurs for observers in northern Australia on the morning of the 13th.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">* A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs in the early morning hours for observers in North America.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">* The Leonids meteor shower peaks on the morning of the 17th.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">* Look for fireballs during the first week 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: 0px; ">* </span><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Pallus</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "> is in the constellation of Cetus.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">* </span><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Dembowska</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "> is at opposition on the 30th in the constellation of Taurus.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-family: Courier; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">* </span><b style="letter-spacing: 0px; ">Vesta</b><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "> 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">* 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>