# What's Up- October 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA (JPL-20260930-WHATSUf-0001-Whats Up October 2026)

Saturn takes center stage, a meteor shower lights up the sky, and the Moon visits the Seven Sisters. On October 4, Saturn reaches opposition, giving skywatchers one of the year's best opportunities to see the ringed planet. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has also revealed a 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling Saturn's south pole. The Orionid meteor shower peaks October 21-22. Debris from Halley's Comet produces the meteors, but a bright Moon will obscure some of the fainter streaks. The hours before dawn, after the Moon sets, may offer the best viewing. Then on October 27-28, look east in the evening for the Moon passing close to the Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters. The star cluster is visible to the unaided eye and even more spectacular through binoculars. Additional information about topics covered in this episode of What's Up, along with still images from the video, and the video transcript, are available at https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/whats-up. — Additional Resources — Find events and clubs with NASA's Night Sky Network: https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/night-sky-network/ Skywatching resources from NASA: https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 2 min
- By: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Genres: Space
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:What%27s_Up-_October_2026_Skywatching_Tips_from_NASA_(JPL-20260930-WHATSUf-0001-Whats_Up_October_2026).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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