The 365 Days Of Astronomy, The Daily Podcast Of The International Year Of Astronomy 2009

Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan. actualastronomy@gmail.com The Actual Astronomy Podcast presents Episode 502: The Observer’s Calendar for October 2025. In this episode we talk about a long list of observing events from Carbon stars to many shadow transits of the Moon of Jupiter. Don’t miss the Orionid meteor shower and catch Saturn with its rings edge on! We also discuss some stars and deep sky objects and two bright comets coming our way!   Oct 1 - Monday Oct 1 - Carbon Star FU Mon is at it’s best tonight Oct 2 - Minor Planet Ceres is at opposition at m-7.6 Oct 4 & 5th - Double Shadow Transit on Jupiter. 12:49am and 7:03pm EST. Oct 6th - Full Moon as Saturn, Neptune and Moon congregate in late evening sky Oct 7th - Full Moon today but try and Follow Sirius with your unaided eye into the daylight  sky this week and see if you can ferret Vega out before sunset. Double shadow transit? Oct 9th Endymion sunset rays visible on Moon Oct 10 - South Taurid