MAIN ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS OF OCTOBER, 2017

On October 5-6 — Venus (-3,9 stars. I conducted.) and Mars (+1,8 stars. I conducted.) in connection. The distance between heavenly bodies will make about 15 угл. min.

October 9:

• Aldebaran covering (alpha of the Taurus of +0,8 stars. I conducted.) Moon (Ф =0,80). Visibility in Russia (in the south of ETR, the Urals, in Siberia and in the Far East), in the Caucasus and in the countries of Central Asia. Interactive map of a covering: https://goo.gl/DUiFFz

• Covering of stars scale and teta1 Taurus (+3,7 and 3,8 stars. I conducted.) Moon (Ф =0,80). Visibility in the north of the Urals, in Siberia and in the Far East. Interactive map of a covering: scale - https://goo.gl/auXbTq, teta1 - https://goo.gl/WWTkjo

On October 12 — in 50 thousand km (the Moon are 7,5 times closer!) from Earth the asteroid 2012 TC4 with a diameter about 20 meters will fly by. The maximum gloss of an asteroid will be +13 stars. I conducted. In Russia and neighboring countries he can't be seen at the moment of the maximum gloss as he will be located under the horizon. 

On October 13 — the comet of C/2017 O1 (ASASSN1) passes a point of the perihelion (1,5 and. e.) and as much as possible approaches Earth (0,72 and. e.). Can reach gloss of +8 stars. I conducted. 

On October 18 — the Moon (Ф =0,03) and Venus (-3,9 stars. I conducted.) in connection. The distance between heavenly bodies will make about 1 °. 

On October 21 — a maximum of activity of a meteor shower of Orionida (ZHR=20). Two days after a new moon.

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