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第 10 月 · 天象指南

十月天象

十月把秋季深空场送到中天,带来猎户座流星雨,也让昴星团回归。夜已经长到可以在午夜前完成一次完整观测。

October sky plate with lunar phases and ecliptic track
月度天区图:上方为月相序列,弧线为黄道轨迹,圆点为行星,十字为流星雨辐射点。

本月天象概览

21 点,飞马座大四边形位于中天,仙女座与 M31 从它东北角延伸出去,英仙座双星团高悬东北。银河从天鹅座往下穿过仙王与仙后,向西北沉去,比夏天暗,但在暗夜仍看得见。后半夜猎户座在东方升起,猎户座流星雨的辐射点就在参宿四上方一点。今年极大期恰逢接近满月,所以流量会在偏低的一端。

本月一览

十月可以干净地分成两半:头十来天是真正意义上的黑夜晚,最后十天则把夜空交给月亮。先从英仙座的双星团入手——晚上九点以后它高悬东天,两个密集的星团挤在同一个双筒视场里。M31 也在附近,暗夜里肉眼就能看到一小团模糊的光;再去找 M33,那才是对天光质量和耐心的真正考验。同一晚把这两个目标对着看,你就知道自己这片天到底能到什么程度。天亮前完全是另一番景象:木星高而稳,四颗伽利略卫星用普通双筒就能分辨;秋季暗夜里,东方常能看见黄道光那束淡淡的光锥。火星在木星下方逐渐增亮。昴星团回到傍晚的东天,月底时大约二十点升起。更好的办法是把夜晚拆开用:傍晚看深空,黎明前看行星,月中那段黑窗口留给一切暗弱的目标。

行星详解

水星在月初有一小段昏现,位置很低,贴着西边——第一周趁天还没全黑就把它找出来,望远镜里它又小又不稳,别抱太高期望。金星在十月中旬前后退出昏空,月底走到太阳合,你一直在跟的这一轮就此结束,之后它彻底不见。省事的是土星:傍晚位置很好,已经过了冲日,大半夜都看得见,中等倍率的小望远镜就能轻松看到光环和土卫六。木星才是本月真正值得做的功课。黎明前它表现出色,又高又稳,正适合从这时起建立固定的观测习惯——先用双筒逐夜观察伽利略卫星换位,再往上加倍率。火星最难:清晨天体,天亮前很久升起,视面小,高倍率才真正值得一试。

流星雨与黑夜窗口

这个月的排期是月亮定的。新月落在十号前后,所以最黑的一段窗口就在那个日期的两侧——而天龙座流星雨恰好赶在它之前的八到九日晚间到达。辐射点在 Draco(天龙座),高挂北天,因此不必等它升起,天一黑就能看。流量通常每小时不到十颗,但这场雨以偶发的暴雨级爆发著称,人们惦记它正是因为这个。猎户座流星雨在十月二十一至二十二日夜间达到峰值,每小时十五到二十颗,辐射点在东南方的猎户座,这意味着要守到午夜之后;十八日的上弦月在凌晨落山,所以后半夜是更好的那半。按照年历的提示,二十六日的满月对猎户座流星雨不利,今年流量预计会明显下降。南金牛座流星雨则以每小时约五颗的速度延续到十一月。

安排你的夜观测

把十月当作两场战役来打。先是傍晚:整个月晚上九点以后,仙女座和英仙座都在东天高处,所以出门的第一个小时就有收获,远远早于月亮成为问题的时刻。第一周提示:让眼睛适应整整二十分钟,遇到暗弱目标就用侧视法。第二周属于八到九日晚的天龙座流星雨,以及十号前后的新月——那是你能得到的最黑的几夜。提示:看流星时人要长时间站定不动,衣服要比你以为的穿得更厚。猎户座流星雨需要耐心:十月二十一至二十二日夜里,午夜之后,辐射点在东南。提示:凌晨两点前后露水会糊住镜片,加个简易遮光罩就管用。到了月底,定好闹钟,在天亮前出门看东边的木星和火星。

月相

  • Last quarter around the 3rd Dark evenings return after a bright start to the month.
  • New Moon around the 10th The best dark window; the Orionids are building toward their peak.
  • First quarter around the 18th Evening Moon; the Draconids peak a week earlier, so check the small hours.
  • Full Moon around the 26th Unfavourable for the Orionid peak — expect strongly reduced rates this year.

月相日期为近似值(UTC),出行前请核对当年度天文年历。

本月行星

  • Mercury A brief evening apparition early in the month, low in the west.
  • Venus In solar conjunction late in the month; it disappears from the evening sky around mid-October.
  • Mars A brightening morning object, rising well before dawn and now worth a look at high magnification.
  • Jupiter Excellent in the pre-dawn sky, high and steady. This is the month to start a regular Jupiter observing routine.
  • Saturn Still well placed in the evening, past opposition but visible for most of the night.

流星雨

  • Draconids

    Peak
    evening of 8–9 October
    Rate
    usually under 10 per hour; occasional storm levels

    Unusual in peaking in the evening rather than after midnight. Radiant in Draco, high in the north.

  • Orionids

    Peak
    night of 21–22 October
    Rate
    15–20 per hour

    Debris from Halley's Comet, fast meteors with long trails. The nearly full Moon will wash out the fainter ones this year.

  • Southern Taurids

    Peak
    late October into November
    Rate
    5 per hour

    A long, broad peak with slow fireballs; overlaps with the Orionids.

本月亮点

  • The Double Cluster in Perseus is at its best — two dense clusters in one binocular field.
  • M31 and M33 are both high; M33 is a genuine dark-sky test object.
  • Jupiter dominates the pre-dawn sky, with all four Galilean moons visible in binoculars.
  • The Pleiades return to the eastern evening sky, rising around 20:00 by month's end.
  • The zodiacal light is often visible in the east before dawn from dark sites in autumn.

逐夜日历

时间窗口事件观测方位
All month, evening Andromeda and Perseus deep-sky fields High in the east after 21:00
8–9 October, evening Draconid meteor shower Radiant in Draco, high in the north
Around the 10th New Moon Best dark window of the month
21–22 October, after midnight Orionid meteor shower Radiant in Orion, south-east
Late October, pre-dawn Jupiter and Mars East, high before first light

野外提示

秋天是北半球看仙女座星系最好的季节。在暗夜里能把 M31 追到接近 3 度——相当于三个月面的宽度。沿奎宿九出发的星链去找它,倍率用 30 到 60 倍而不是高倍;M31 太大,高倍视场根本装不下。看猎户座流星雨时,重点放在极大期前后各一周而不是只有极大那一晚,因为月亮会干扰。

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同一页的英文版:The sky in October