Whats up in the October 2026 skies?

<p>October is here, and the longer nights and cooler temperatures make it a great month to spend some time outside under the stars.</p><p>This month, Saturn reaches opposition, Mars passes through the Beehive Cluster, and the Moon has an interesting encounter with Jupiter. We’ll also look at asteroid Vesta, the October meteor showers, this month’s Lunar Feature of the Month, and then head into Cepheus for a deep-sky tour.</p><p><strong>Free October 2026 Observing Guide</strong></p><p>Download the October 2026 AstroGuy Observing Guide for the Moon phase calendar, planetary information, finder charts, observing notes, and this month’s deep-sky targets:</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/AGOct26" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://astroguypod.com/downloads/October-2026-Observing-Guide.pdf</a></p><p><strong>Episode Chapters</strong></p><p>00:00 Intro<br>01:05 Planetary Roundup<br>09:00 Meteor Showers<br>10:34 Lunar Feature of the Month<br>13:06 Deep-Sky Objects<br>19:43 Conclusion</p><p><strong>Connect with AstroGuy</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.astroguypod.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.AstroGuyPod.com</a><br>Email: <a href="mailto:Astroguypod@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Astroguypod@gmail.com</a><br>Voicemail: 973-404-0380<br>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/astroguypodcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/astroguypodcast</a></p><p>Have a question, suggestion, observing report, or an image you&#39;d like to share? Get in touch through AstroGuyPod.com or join us on Facebook.</p><p>If you&#39;d like to support the AstroGuy Podcast, you can buy us a cup of coffee:<br><a href="https://tinyurl.com/AstroGuyCoffee" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tinyurl.com/AstroGuyCoffee</a></p><p><strong>Image and Video Credits</strong></p><p>Wayne Zuhl<br>NASA<br>ESA<br>NSF/NOIRLab<br>Statis Kalyvas – VT-2004 programme<br>Dawn Spacecraft<br>Dominic Ford / In-The-Sky.org<br>Virtual Moon Atlas — Patrick Chevalley and Christian Legrand<br>Lunar data and imagery displayed in Virtual Moon Atlas and used for educational commentary.<br>Sky simulations created with Stellarium Desktop, free open-source planetarium software: <a href="https://stellarium.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://stellarium.org</a><br>Stellarium is licensed under GPL-2.0.</p><p>Planetary illustrations created with AstroChron:<br><