October offers some of the best skywatching conditions of the year. The nights are getting longer, while the weather is cooler but not bitter (for most of the country, at least). The evening sky offers such treats as Andromeda and her famous galaxy, M31, as well as several other constellations associated with her mythological story, and the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters in Taurus. Jupiter puts on its best show of the year, Mars continues its climb up the morning sky, and Venus just peeks into view in the evening twilight at month's end.
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