October, Mid-Northern Latitudes (October 15th, 10:30 p.m. local time)

Western Horizon
Eastern Horizon

West

We are in fall now. The fall skies are transitional ones between the summer, and the winter skies. West, high, the Summer Triangle is still a target of interest. The Summer Triangle, like the name, is a vast triangle of stars, constituted by the three main, bright stars of the constellations Cygnus, the Swan, Aquila, the Eagle, and Lyra, the Lyra. The Summer Triangle is the distinctive feature of the skies in summer in the northern hemisphere. Currently, the highest spike is Deneb, of Cygnus, the lower left one is Altair, of Aquila, as the lower right one is Vega, of Lyra. Some small, interesting constellations are in the vicinity, like Delphinus, the Dolphin, Sagitta, the Arrow, or Equuleus, the Little Horse. As Draco, the Dragon is a fine field to explore, northwest, Hercules, the Heroe is lying relatively low thereunder as it may keep being a target. Hercules is home to the famed M13 globular cluster, a fine, 5.9th magnitude, binocular object. M13 is found one-third the distance between the upper and lower right stars of the Keystone. Capricornus, the Goat, is seen southwest, as, South, the Great Square of Pegasus and Andromeda, Andromeda are about to take the place they are occupying in fall, high, due South. It's the best time for Aquarius, the Water Bearer and Fomalhaut, the main star to the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish. The circlet of Pisces, the Fishes, is a fine sight too, beneath the Great Square of Pegasus. A fine southern horizon! to a printer-friendly chart
West for the tropics. West for the mid-southern latitudes

East

The southeastern part of the sky, East, is filled with part of Pisces, the Fishes, and Cetus, the Whale. Those may be the target of interesting observations, especially Pisces. Triangulum, the Triangle, and Aries, the Ram, are fine views too, as Andromeda is providing with a zenithal view of M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. M31 is a fine binocular object, providing us with a view of our own Milky Way Galaxy, could we see it from the outside. M31, on the chart is the grey oval along the line of Andromeda. As Perseus, Perseus, with the bright Algol is northeast, and Cassiopeia, the Queen high above, the lower part of the sky there is seeing the very first hints of the winter sky, with Auriga, the Charioteer already rising and Taurus, the Bull still lying near the horizon. The tiny Pleiades are well seen. Should you turn North, at last, the view there is of interest too, with the Great Dipper having begun its transit over the northern horizon, like a circumpolar constellation. The other part of Draco is seen too, as the faint Camelopardalis, the Giraffe, and Lynx, the Lynx are between the North and Auriga. to a printer-friendly chart
East for the tropics. East for the mid-southern latitudes

(color maps with Stellarium; printer-friendly charts with Cartes du Ciel, Patrick Chevalley)