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Transcript: Welcome to episode 223 of the Astrophiz podcasts. My identify is Brendan O’Brien, and we’d wish to acknowledge Australia’s first astronomers, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals, the standard homeowners and custodians of the land we’re on. This episode is produced on Yorta Yorta and Pangarang nation,
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Every month we love bringing you two fabulous episodes … on the primary of every month. Our pal, molecular Pharmacologist Toxicologist, and Beginner Astronomer Dr Ian ‘AstroBlog’ Musgrave Brings you his month-to-month skyguide with all of the important observational highlights for telescopers, astrophotographers, binocular and bare eye observers.
In the midst of every month. We carry you an unique and in-depth interview with a famous astrophysicist, astronomer, particle, physicist, radio telescope engineer, information scientist, or area scientist.
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Immediately I’m filling in for Ian whereas Ian is away presenting on the world Scientific Toxicology Congress and I’ll be telling you all of the fabulous issues up within the sky for the star-studded month of October…… Let’s go!
First up …
October’s Moon Phases
Perigee Full Moon: Tuesday, October 7 (That is additionally the ‘Hunter’s Moon’ and the yr’s largest and brightest Supermoon) precise Perigee when it’s Closest is on October 8
Final Quarter: Tuesday, October 14
New Moon: Tuesday, October 21
Apogee furthest October 24
First Quarter: Friday, October 30
and … listed here are our Observing Highlights for October
Friday 3 October 2025 Asteroid Ceres at opposition binocular seen
Saturday 4th October is Worldwide Observe the Moon Evening.
Monday 6 October 2025 Moon close to Saturn (9° aside) within the night sky
Tuesday 7 October 2025 Jupiter within the coronary heart of NGC 2420
Tuesday 14 October 2025 Jupiter close to Final Quarter Moon (6° aside) in morning sky
Sunday 19 October 2025 Mercury close to Mars (2° aside) in night twilight
Meteor Bathe
Tuesday & Wednesday 21-22 October is the height for the Orionid meteor bathe ought to be glorious viewing with darkish skies Circumstances shall be preferrred, with a brand new moon offering darkish skies for viewing the meteors, that are particles from Halley’s Comet. You need to count on to see round 10-20 meteors per hour underneath preferrred, darkish sky circumstances.
- Finest time of night time: The hours simply earlier than daybreak, after midnight, when the radiant (the obvious level from which the meteors originate) is highest within the sky.
Thursday 23 October- the skinny crescent Moon is close to Mars (4° aside) in night twilight, forming a triangle with Mercury
October Comets:
There’s a new comet … C/2025 R2 (SWAN)
Comet C/2025 R2 (Swan) is a really just lately found comet that’s round magnitude 7 (which suggests it’s binoculars solely), however it’s nicely positioned close to some very shiny information stars so will probably be straightforward to search out.
Ian’s Comet R2 web page exhibits the place you will discover its areas up until October 10, and there’s some proof the nucleus has break up. What this implies for brightness is unsure, however it would possibly both get brighter of disintegrate.
Yow will discover Ian’s Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) web page at tinyurl-DOT-com/cometr2 < all lowercase all one phrase with the quantity 2>
Comet watchers will even hunt for Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) which shall be seen to the Southern Hemisphere low within the night sky from mid-November 2025, with the perfect probabilities for viewing within the northern components of Australia. Whereas the comet will cross Earth in October, it stays a northern hemisphere object throughout that point; nonetheless, observers within the Southern Hemisphere can nonetheless catch it after sundown in mid-to-late November.
and eventually … TCoronaBorealis nonetheless hasn’t gone nova, so preserve watching it!
See you in two weeks.
SFX Music: “Radio Waves”
