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What to look out, and up, for in October. Our highlights of this month’s skies with the planet on offer to observers and imagers: Venus & Saturn in the late evening with a nice conjunction of the pair. Uranus as it reaches opposition on the 16th. Next up is the meteor showers and October brings us: The Draconids peaking on 7th October The Orionids peaking on 20th/21st October Then we each take a deep sky pick from our list of favourites for this time of year: Ralph – Algol, the Demon Star & The Double Cluster in Perseus Paul – The Auriga open clusters: M36, M37 & M38 Jeni – and the Owl Cluster in Cassiopeia And we finish this sky guide with October’s moon phases.