Dr. Sky

Get set for some celestial fireworks, as the annual Leonid meteor shower will peak on the morning of Nov. 18.

Mercury, the smallest of the major planets and one of the most difficult to observe, will perform a rather rare transit across the disk of the sun Monday.

The discovery of Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, opened up a new era in astronomy by expanding the size of our known solar system by literally billions of miles!

A most interesting and famous red giant variable star is now brightening and easy to view on these cool and clear October nights - Mira. first variable star to be discovered.

New moons of Saturn, 20 in all, were discovered recently with the large Subaru telescope in Hawaii. Equally exciting? There's a contest to name them.

As October moves forward, we get to see two interesting meteor showers with some moonlight. The month opens up the fall meteor shower season with the annual Draconid shower.

With the return of the fall season for 2019 in the northern hemisphere, it is time to look closer at our nearest star, the sun. We are now at the deepest part of what we call solar minimum.

With the arrival of the autumnal equinox Sept. 23, we now look forward to the new season, along with the cool and clear nights of October.

In August, a Russian astronomer captured a visual of what might be the second interstellar object. It's thought to be a comet. How exciting!

Cue the Neil Young music and get ready for the harvest moon, one of the most amazing and romantic full moons of the year.