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Oct. 15, 2026 night sky snapshot

Oct. 15, 2026 night sky snapshot
Oct. 15, 2026 night sky snapshot All month in the northern hemisphere, the ‘northern triangle,’ an unofficial term for the three bright stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb (in the constellations Lyra, Aquila, and Cygnus, respectively), is high overhead and easy to see in the evening sky. Bruce Betts/The Planetary Society using Stellarium.