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-====== Sky Highlights and NEKAAL Events for OCTOBER 2016 ====== 
-  * October 8  --  First Quarter\\ 
-  * October 16  --  Full Moon 
-  * October 22  --  Last Quarter 
-  * October 22   ​-- ​ **Open House** at Farpoint Observatory,​ 7:30 pm to ? Join us! 
-  * October 27  --  General Meeting, Topeka Library, 7 pm. Join us! 
  
-===== PLANETS in October 2016 ===== 
-Evening Sky: 
-  * **Venus** ​  -- in southwest 
-  * **Mars** ​   -- in south 
-  * **Saturn** ​ -- in southwest 
-  * **Uranus** ​ -- in east 
-  * **Neptune** -- in southeast 
  
-Midnight: +For sky highlights see:
-  * **Uranus** ​ -- in south +
-  * **Neptune** -- in southwest +
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-Morning Sky: +
-  * **Mercury** -- in east +
-  * **Jupiter** -- in east +
-  * **Uranus** ​ -- in west+
  
 +[[http://​www.skyandtelescope.com/​observing/​sky-at-a-glance/​|Sky and Telescope'​s Sky at a glance]] \\
 +OR \\
 +[[http://​www.astronomy.com/​observing/​sky-this-week|Astronomy Magazine'​s Sky This Week]] ​
  
-===== CONSTELLATIONS well placed in evening during October 2016 ===== 
-North to South, at 8-10 pm: 
-  * **Ursa Minor**, the Little Bear, also the Little Dipper 
-  * **Cepheus**,​ the King of Ethiopia 
-  * **Draco**, the Dragon 
-  * **Lacerta**,​ the Lizard 
-  * **Cygnus**, the Swan 
-  * **Sagitta**,​ the Arrow 
-  * **Pegasus**,​ the Winged Horse 
-  * **Delphinus**,​ the Dolphin 
-  * **Ophiuchus**,​ the Serpent Bearer 
-  * **Aquarius**,​ the Water Bearer 
-  * **Capricornus**,​ the Sea-Goat 
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-===== SKY EXTRAS in October 2016 ===== 
-  * Still LOTS of evening planets in October! Check out the planet list above. Uranus reaches its 2016 peak on the 15th, easily visible in binoculars, even visible naked-eye with deep dark adaptation, from extremely dark skies. 
-  * If you're up in the morning twilight October 11, look for Mercury and Jupiter within a degree of each other, just above the eastern horizon. 
-  * Best evening comet should be C/2016 A8 (LINEAR), fairly high in the southern sky, but you'll need a 8" scope...and patience. 
-  * The moon occults Aldebaran the night of October 18-19, from about 12:30 am to about 1:08 am, in our area. 
-  * The Orionids (meteor shower), peak the night of October 21, unfortunately close to the full moon this year. 
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