A new month means new night sky sights overhead.<\/p>\n
This month features two meteor showers peaking - the Draconid and Orionid.<\/p>\n
But, due to the full moon for the second weekend of the month, the Draconid peak will likely be washed out thanks to the moon's brightness. <\/p>\n
The Orionid peak would be the better to look out for since it'll come around the time of the new moon.<\/p>\n
Around the same time as the peak of the Draconid meteor shower and full moon, the solar system's smallest planet - Mercury - reaches something that's called \"greatest western elongation.\" That means that early risers have a good shot of seeing Mercury in the morning ahead of sunrise. <\/p>\n
In case you miss that morning, Mercury actually gets brighter through the month.<\/p>\n
This month's full moon is called the \"hunter's moon\" due to the hunters hunting and prepping meat ahead of the winter season.<\/p>\n
Something else of note - even though we won't see it here in North America - is a partial solar eclipse. Next month brings a total lunar eclipse, known as a \"blood moon,\" that we'll be able to see in the Americas.<\/p>\n
More upcoming eclipses, click here.<\/p>\n
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