Tag: October
![The full Moon and the Willis Tower](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/Astrophotography_Chicago2_LakeNick2-655x504.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: October 2021
Header Image: The full Moon appearing right above the Willis Tower in Chicago. Image Credit: Nick Lake The brightest planet in the night sky gets a little brighter every night this month, October 2021. Venus is the brightest planet, and this month it’s easily spotted low in the southwest shortly after sunset. Though it’s bright, […]
![Orionid meteors appear every year around this time when Earth travels through an area of space littered with debris from Halley’s Comet. Credit: NASA/JPL](https://www.adlerplanetarium.org/wp-content/uploads/466_orionids_main.jpg)
Adler Skywatch: October 2019
Header Image: Orionid meteors appear every year around this time when Earth travels through an area of space littered with debris from Halley’s Comet. Credit: NASA/JPL The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer this month, October 2019. But the longer nights mean more night-sky objects to observe. During evening twilight this […]