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Celestron's First Smart Telescope - The Origin

The Future of Astrophotography The Celestron Origin – a revolutionary smart home observatory that reshapes astrophotography. This ingenious telescope captures breathtaking glimpses of elusive deep-sky objects and transmits them to […]

A Guide to Astronomy Filters, Sizes and Mounting Options

If you have a telescope and want to enhance your night-time observations, there are tools and techniques you can use. One approach involves using Astronomy filters, which are important accessories […]

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Sextantid Meteorite Shower 2024
Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan - Atlas) passes perihelion

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Mercury at superior solar conjunction
The Andromeda Galaxy is well placed (10 degrees above the horizon to the North)

OCTOBER 3, 2024
Annular Solar Eclipse
New Moon

OCTOBER 4, 2024
The Small Magellanic Cloud is well placed

OCTOBER 6, 2024
The conjunction of the Moon and Venus

OCTOBER 9, 2024
Jupiter enters retrograde motion

OCTOBER 10, 2024
Southern Taurid Meteor Shower 2024
Moon at First Quarter

OCTOBER 11,2024
δ-Aurigid meteor shower 2024

OCTOBER 15, 2024
Conjunction of the Moon and Saturn

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