Here’s a brief look at what’s going on in the Mile High City this week.

October 20:

• Look for the gas giant Jupiter next to the twins Castor and Pollux in the constellation Gemini in the eastern sky after midnight.

October 21:

• Catch comets C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) with your naked eye: 7:30 PM & 10:00 PM
• Boulder Stargazing – Dark Skies & Deep Space: Orionids and the Science of Starlight (Registration required): 📍 Beech Shelter, Boulder: 5:45 PM 
• New Beaver Moon: 6:25 AM

October 22:

• Orioinid Meteor Shower Peaks: After Midnight
• Dark Sky Salida Presentation: 📍 Valley View Nature Learning Center: 6:00 PM
  

October 23:

• Look for the waxing crescent Beaver Moon meeting up with Mercury and Mars in the constellation Libra just above the horizon after sunset
• Standley Lake Stargazing: How to Observe the Planets: Virtual Program via Zoom: 6:00PM
• Last day of the DAS Fall Astronomical Equipment Auction: Midnight.

October 24:

• Catch the waxing crescent Beaver Moon near Antares in the constellation Scropius low in the southwestern sky right after sunset.
• The waxing crescent Beaver Moon reaches apogee, it’s farthest distance from Earth at 406,444km, at 12:00 AM UT
• Standley Lake Stargazing: Haunted History Hike – Telescope Viewing at Visitor Center (Registration required): 📍 Eldorado Canyon State Park: 6:00 PM
  

October 25:

• DAS Open House: Saturn! Neptune! 📍Observatory Park: 6:30 PM

October 26:

• Catch the waxing crescent Beaver Moon hovering above the spout of the Teapot, the asterism in the constellation Sagittarius low in the southwestern sky around 7:00 PM.

This Week’s Meteoric Activity:

You can keep track of the activity of meteor showers as well as those beyond the limits of visual observing by visiting the NASA Meteor Shower Portal.

• Orionids (ORI): last hour before dawn in northeastern Orion: Up to 10 per hour.
• Southern Taurids (STA): 1:00 AM in southeastern Aries: 3 per hour.
• Lambda Ursa Majorids (LUM): last hour before dawn in southern Ursa Major: 1 per hour.
• Leonis Minorids (LMI): last few hours before dawn in northeastern Leo Minor,: 1 per hour.
• epsilon Geminids (EGE): last few hours before dawn in northwestern Gemini: 1 per hour.
• Northern Taurids (NTA): 2:00 AM in central Aries: Less than 1 per hour.

Check Out These Helpful Guides from DAS:

• Where to Explore the 2025 Denver Night Skies 
• When to Explore the 2025 Denver Night Skies
• What to Explore in the 2025 Denver Night Skies

Sky Map

• The pdf map of the night sky from SkyMaps.com can be found at https://www.skymaps.com/skymaps

Clear skies and happy stargazing!