Best night sky events for October

The moon’s brightness won’t be a bother before midnight after October’s first week, and the sky will be totally moonless mid-month, making for great 8 p.m. and later sky-sessions. Look to the east for the sky’s brightest “star,” Jupiter. For those with telescopes, you can’t beat Saturn, the solitary bright “star” halfway up the southern sky. Those two are so bright, they’ll still be quite visible even if you live near city lights.