A local skywatcher says fresh off the heels of a total lunar eclipse, there is still a lot to look at in the sky these mornings.

Ken McAllister of Steinbach says people have been asking him what that bright object is in the eastern sky before sunrise. McAllister says that is Venus. He explains Venus is the third brightest object that is visible in the sky, next to the sun and moon.

McAllister says Venus will be visible throughout October and into November. If the sky is clear on the morning of October 8th, the crescent moon will join up with Venus and another bright star in making a fascinating triangle in the sky. Then the following morning, October 9th, the moon will move down and form a triangle with Jupiter and Mars.

According to McAllister, when two planets appear really close together, it is called a Conjunction.

"I think what's interesting about this is that it's following the blood moons and also what's interesting is that these planets actually will be dancing literally the entire month," notes McAllister. "These planets are moving around, they're going back and forth and it's very interesting."

McAllister says some people believe that there may be some prophetic implications to this, especially following the blood moons. Others, think it's just movements of the planets in the sky. There were four blood moons between April 15, 2014 and September 28, 2015.

Another date you may want to circle on your calendar, is October 17th. McAllister says on that morning, Mars and Jupiter will appear to nearly touch. Then from October 22-29, there will be another triangle of Venus, Jupiter and Mars. And from November 2-4, Mars and Venus will form a Conjunction.

McAllister says all of this is visible with the naked eye. But he says if you use binoculars you should be able to see up to four moons around Jupiter. Jupiter is right next to Venus and is the second brightest object in the sky in that region.

Just to clarify, McAllister says Venus will be the brightest object by far, followed by Jupiter. Mars and a star called Regulus have the same brightness, though Mars will look a little red.