starwatch october night sky october month comet elenin visible naked eye climbed leo gemini morning sky â€“ path plotted starwatch note 12 september fact observations appear confirm disintegrated neared sun probably sweeps harmlessly 35 million km earth 16th supernova galaxy m101 mentioned note dimming slowly tenth magnitudethe square pegasus nearing high meridian star map times summer triangle tumbles westwards taurus climbs orion rises hour later climbing dawnjupiter outstanding comes opposition 29 october 28 29 edging westwards aries rises ene night begins highest 50â° hours map times opposition jupiter 594 million km distant shows cloud banded 50 arcsec disc telescope moon nearby 13thmars rises 0115 bst 1st midnight gmt 31st 13 11 moving cancer leo dawn lies praesepe star cluster 1st stands left waning moon 21st force moonlit skies 2100 bst 8th earth plough meteoroid cloud comet giacobini zinner hour period hundreds unusually slow meteors seen directions diverge radiant near head draco 60â° nw cloud produced storms draconid meteors 1933 1946 1st  11h mars 01ëš 04h 21h outburst draconids 02h 21h moon 5ëšn jupiter 22h saturn conjunction 04h 01h moon 6ëš 23h venus 3ëš n 21h new moon vernal 03h jupiter 02h bst = 01h gmt summer time ends*times bst