Kris said: “I had seen the zodiacal light the previous morning, so I made sure my gear was set up that night for early morning action. Kris Hazelbaker in Grangeville, Idaho, captured this photo of the zodiacal light and a meteor on October 11, 2021. This false dawn is caused by sunlight reflecting off dust in the plane of our solar system. | Take advantage of these moon-free mornings to look in the east, about 90 minutes before sunrise, for the zodiacal light. Visible planets and night sky guide October, 2022 Early October mornings: Zodiacal lights 90 minutes before sunrise View at EarthSky Community Photos. October-November-December 2022 heliocentric solar system.Looking for a dark sky? Try EarthSky’s Best Places to Stargaze To see a precise view from your location, try Stellarium Online. Note: Our charts are mostly set for the northern half of Earth. It’ll return to our evening sky before the year ends. So Venus is hidden in the sun’s glare now. Venus, the brightest planet and next planet inward from Earth in orbit around the sun – will go behind the sun as seen from Earth on October 22. Mars shines down from high in the sky at sunup. It’s in the west before sunup, brighter than all the stars. Jupiter spends all night arcing across the sky. You’ll find it bright in the east before sunup. Mercury in early October is just beginning its best morning apparition of the year for Northern Hemisphere observers. On October mornings, three bright planets arc across the sky: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. It’s very red now and brighter than most stars, racing towards its December 8 opposition, when Earth will fly between Mars and the sun. (that’s local time, the time on your clock). It’s ascending in the east after sunset, visible all night.
Saturn is high in the sky after sunset – golden in color, shining steadily – perfect for observing all evening. Between the Great Square and bright planet is a pretty, but faint group of 6 stars known as the Circlet in the constellation Pisces. A dark sky reveals the bright planet directly south of the Great Square of the constellation Pegasus. This planet’s opposition – when Earth flew between Jupiter and the sun – was on September 26. The bright “star” ascending in the east at nightfall is really a planet, the largest of the planets in our solar system, Jupiter.
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