3141.

Southern Taurid meteor shower 2017 The Southern Taurid meteor shower reaches its peak. Tue, 10 Oct 2017 (2,459 days ago) in Cetus

3142.

Lunar occultation of Aldebaran The Moon will pass in front of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, China, Kazakhstan and India amongst others. Mon, 09 Oct 2017 at 11:19 PDT (2,460 days ago) in Taurus

3143.

Close approach of the Moon and Collinder 50 The Moon and Collinder 50 pass close to each other. Mon, 09 Oct 2017 at 07:40 PDT (2,460 days ago) in Taurus

3144.

The Moon at perigee The Moon makes its monthly closest approach to the Earth, making it appear fractionally larger than at other times of the month. Sun, 08 Oct 2017 at 22:54 PDT (2,461 days ago) in Taurus

3145.

Mercury at superior solar conjunction Mercury passes around the far side of the Sun. Sun, 08 Oct 2017 at 14:04 PDT (2,461 days ago) in Virgo

3146.

Draconid meteor shower 2017 The Draconid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 08 Oct 2017 (2,461 days ago) in Draco

3147.

NGC 362 is well placed The globular cluster NGC 362 (mag 6.6) in Tucana culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 07 Oct 2017 (2,462 days ago) in Tucana

3148.

Mars at aphelion Mars passes the furthest point along its orbit from the Sun. Sat, 07 Oct 2017 at 16:43 PDT (2,462 days ago) in Leo

3149.

NGC 300 is well placed NGC 300 (mag 8.1), a spiral galaxy in Sculptor culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 (2,464 days ago) in Sculptor

3150.

October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2017 The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 (2,464 days ago) in Draco

3151.

Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 at 11:40 PDT (2,464 days ago) in Cetus

3152.

Close approach of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars pass within 12' of each other. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 at 09:36 PDT (2,464 days ago) in Leo

3153.

Conjunction of Venus and Mars Venus and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 13'. Thu, 05 Oct 2017 at 06:26 PDT (2,464 days ago) in Leo

3154.

The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed The Milky Way's dwarf companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC; mag 2.7), in Tucana culminates at around midnight local time. Wed, 04 Oct 2017 (2,465 days ago) in Tucana

3155.

NGC 253 is well placed The Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 (mag 7.1) culminates at around midnight local time. Tue, 03 Oct 2017 (2,466 days ago) in Sculptor

3156.

Lunar occultation of Neptune The Moon will pass in front of Neptune, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania and Tonga amongst others. Tue, 03 Oct 2017 at 05:37 PDT (2,466 days ago) in Aquarius

3157.

Venus at perihelion Venus passes its orbit's closest point to the Sun. Tue, 03 Oct 2017 at 01:14 PDT (2,466 days ago) in Leo

3158.

The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed The Andromeda Galaxy M31 (mag 3.4) culminates at around midnight local time. Mon, 02 Oct 2017 (2,467 days ago) in Andromeda

3159.

The Moon at aphelion The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Sun, which happens each month around the time of full moon. Mon, 02 Oct 2017 at 14:17 PDT (2,467 days ago) in Aquarius

3160.

Supernova Gaia17clt discovered A new supernova has been discovered in MRK 415. Thu, 28 Sep 2017 (2,470 days ago)