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OCTOBER HIGHLIGHTS

1 Sunday

Rising in the east-northeast around 20:00 BST (19:00 UT), the waning gibbous Moon and mag. –2.7 Jupiter appear 4° apart. At 02:30 BST (01:30 UT) on 2 October, they will be 2.6° apart.

3 Tuesday

As dawn approaches, an 82%-lit waning gibbous Moon lies 1.7° south of the Pleiades.

Europa’s shadow starts to transit Jupiter at 02:31 BST (01:31 UT).

5 Thursday

Ganymede’s shadow transits Jupiter near the planet’s southern pole. The event starts at 22:46 BST (21:46 UT) and concludes at 00:52 BST on 6 October (23:52 UT on 5 October).

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