God willing and the clouds stay away, I will be pulling out the 'scope for Halloween viewing. Any ideas of the best things to look for in these light polluted Dallas TX skies?

Well, the moon will be past last quarter, so that is out--but it's also a plus, as skies will be darker. You could get up early to see it and the planets that are visible.

Try the double cluster that David Hall recommended in this thread.

I'm looking for early evening objects, for the trick or treaters you know.

I've had good results with the Pleadies, Mizar/Alcor quadruple stars, and any planet that might be up.

I'll be out with my scope if the clouds stay away. They've been a real pain the last two years.

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Well, the Pleaidies will not be up early when the munchkins are likely to be out. Mizar is getting low in the norhtern sky from here (southern Wisconsin).

I think Alberio is a still a pretty good early evening target. M31 might be high enough also (its great around 9 pm). The Double Cluster is also a good target.

I also have a fondness for NGC 457, an open cluster in Cassiopea. It is sometimes called the Dragonfly cluster or the ET cluster due to the pattern of stars.

I might do the telescope thing for Halloween now that I have a house with a yard!

Rob

Also, I believe planet Saturn will rise into view with a magnitude near -0.1. It will be located between Taurus and Gemini at the top of Orion's Club. Jupiter will also be, with a much brigter magnitude, rise as well, though it may not be until after all the tricker treaters are long gone.

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Saturn will rise around 9:30 (depending on your location within the time zone), so most young trick or treaters will be back home before it is high enough to get a good look.