What’s Up in Denver? October 27th through November 2nd, 2025

by Editor on October 26, 2025 with No Comments

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

October 27:

Astronomy on Tap - Boulder — Astronomy on Tap – Boulder

Astronomy on Tap – Boulder with Dr. Hal Levison, Dr. John Spencer, and Matt Benjamin: Free In-person presentation: 📍Rayback Collective: 6:00 PM
DAS E-Board Meeting: Online Meeting via Zoom (check membership email for details): 7:00 PM

October 28:

Look for the ringed gas giant Saturn between the constellations Aquarius and Pisces about 45° above the southern horizon: 10:00 PM

October 29:

NSF / NCAR Gathered in Darkness Screening

Screening of Gathered in Darkness, a 2024 total solar eclipse documentary premiere, followed by a panel and Q&A with scientists Amir Caspi, Sarah Kovac, and Paul Bryans, and filmmaker Daniel Zietlow: Free in-person presentation (Registration is required): 📍 Frasier Retirement Community: 7:30 PM
60 Minutes in Space – Dr. KaChun Yu, DMNS Curator Space Sciences explores breaking space news: Free in-person presentation: 📍Denver Museum of Nature and Science: 7:00 PM
First Quarter Beaver Moon: 10:20 AM
Mercury at greatest eastern elongation from the Sun — try looking for this tiny planet about 7° above the horizon right before the sunrise. Binoculars will be helpful.

October 30:

Standley Lake Stargazing: Spooky Space: Free online presentation via Zoom: 6:00 PM

October 31 (Halloween):

Happy Halloween from the DAS!

November 1:

The waxing gibbous Beaver Moon reaches Ascending Node: 11:46 AM

November 2:

Check out the morning star, Venus next to Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo—a blue-white binary system approximately 250 light-years from Earth in the eastern sky before sunrise.
Look for Saturn next to the waxing gibbous Beaver Moon in Pisces from sunset through 4:00 AM.

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 western Gemini: 5 per hour.
Southern Taurids (STA): 1:00 AM in eastern Aries: 2 per hour.
Northern Taurids (NTA): 2:00 AM in eastern Aries: 1 per hour.
epsilon Geminids (EGE): last few hours before dawn in central Gemini: 1 per hour.
Andromedids (AND): 11:00 PM in northeastern Pisces: Less than 1 per hour.
omicron Eridanids (OER): 1:00 AM in northeastern Cetus: Less than 1 per hour.
rho Puppids (RPU): Last hour before dawn in southeastern Canis Major: Less than 1 per hour.
kappa Ursae Majorids (KUM): Last hour before dawn in southwestern Ursa Majoris: Less than 1 per hour.
Leonids (LEO): Last hour before dawn in northeastern Cancer: Less than 1 per hour.
Leonis Minorids (LMI): last few hours before dawn in northeastern Leo Minor,: Less than 1 per hour.
Southern lambda Draconids (SLD): Last hour before dawn in northern Ursa Major: Less than 1 per hour.
Lambda Ursa Majorids (LUM): Last hour before dawn in southern Ursa Major: 1 per hour.