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October Camelopardalid meteor shower 2020 The October Camelopardalid meteor shower reaches its peak. Mon, 05 Oct 2020 (1,323 days ago) in Draco

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Supernova SN2020uxz discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 514. Sun, 04 Oct 2020 (1,323 days ago)

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NGC 300 is well placed NGC 300 (mag 8.1), a spiral galaxy in Sculptor culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 04 Oct 2020 (1,324 days ago) in Sculptor

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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. Sun, 04 Oct 2020 (1,324 days ago) in Tucana

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NGC 253 is well placed The Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253 (mag 7.1) culminates at around midnight local time. Sat, 03 Oct 2020 (1,325 days ago) in Sculptor

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The Moon at apogee The Moon recedes to its orbit's furthest point from the Earth, making it appear fractionally smaller than at other times of the month. Sat, 03 Oct 2020 at 13:22 EDT (1,325 days ago) in Pisces

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Lunar occultation of Mars The Moon will pass in front of Mars, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Antarctica, Argentina, Namibia and Angola amongst others. Fri, 02 Oct 2020 at 23:59 EDT (1,326 days ago) in Pisces

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Close approach of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars pass close to each other. Fri, 02 Oct 2020 at 23:59 EDT (1,326 days ago) in Pisces

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Conjunction of the Moon and Mars The Moon and Mars share the same right ascension, at a separation of 43'. Fri, 02 Oct 2020 at 23:24 EDT (1,326 days ago) in Pisces

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The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed The Andromeda Galaxy M31 (mag 3.4) culminates at around midnight local time. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 (1,327 days ago) in Andromeda

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Full Moon The Moon reaches full phase and is visible for much of the night. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 at 17:05 EDT (1,327 days ago) in Cetus

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Mercury at greatest elongation east Mercury is bright and well placed in the evening sky. Thu, 01 Oct 2020 at 06:43 EDT (1,327 days ago) in Virgo

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136472 Makemake at solar conjunction 136472 Makemake is unobservable as it passes around the far side of the Sun – marking the end of one apparition and the beginning of the next. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 04:23 EDT (1,329 days ago) in Coma Berenices

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Saturn ends retrograde motion Saturn returns to its usual eastward motion after opposition. Tue, 29 Sep 2020 at 00:44 EDT (1,329 days ago) in Sagittarius

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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, 28 Sep 2020 at 20:50 EDT (1,330 days ago) in Aquarius

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Supernova SN2020ukx discovered A new supernova has been discovered in NGC 2784. Sun, 27 Sep 2020 (1,330 days ago)

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47 Tuc is well placed The second brightest globular cluster in the sky, 47 Tuc (NGC 104; mag 4.0), in Tucana culminates at around midnight local time. Sun, 27 Sep 2020 (1,331 days ago) in Tucana

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Daytime Sextantid meteor shower 2020 The Daytime Sextantid meteor shower reaches its peak. Sun, 27 Sep 2020 (1,331 days ago) in Sextans

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Close approach of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn pass close to each other. Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 17:06 EDT (1,333 days ago) in Sagittarius

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Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn The Moon and Saturn share the same right ascension, at a separation of 2°19'. Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 16:38 EDT (1,333 days ago) in Sagittarius