October 2021

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• Asteroid 40 Harmonia at opposition
• Asteroid 40 Harmonia at opposition
• Asteroid 40 Harmonia at opposition
• Asteroid 40 Harmonia at opposition
• Asteroid 40 Harmonia at opposition

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• NGC 253 is well placed

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• SMC is well placed
• The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed

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• October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2021
• NGC 300 is well placed
• New Moon

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• NGC 362 is well placed
• Mars at solar conjunction
• The Moon at perihelion
• The Moon at perigee
• Draconid meteor shower 2021

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• Saturn ends retrograde motion
• δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2021

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• Lunar occultation of Sigma Sagittarii

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• Moon at First Quarter

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• Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn
• Close approach of the Moon and Saturn

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• Conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter
• Close approach of the Moon and Jupiter

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• The Moon at aphelion
• Jupiter ends retrograde motion
• ε-Geminid meteor shower 2021

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• Mercury at perihelion
• Full Moon

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• Orionid meteor shower 2021
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction

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• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• 136108 Haumea at solar conjunction
• Close approach of the Moon and Uranus

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• Mercury at greatest elongation west
• Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky

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• NGC 869 is well placed
• The Perseus Double Cluster is well placed

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• NGC 884 is well placed
• Mercury at highest altitude in morning sky
• Venus at dichotomy
• Moon at Last Quarter

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• Venus at greatest elongation east