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Grus, the crane, moves low across the south on October evenings. The star that marks the crane’s head, Gamma Gruis, is visible from most of the U.S. Tonight it stands due south about 10 p.m., below the Moon. The farther south you are, the higher the star stands.

Pisces, the fishes, which is one of the constellations of the zodiac, is in the eastern sky at nightfall. It is faint, though, so you need a dark sky to see it. It stands to the left of the bright planet Saturn.

Cassiopeia the queen is in the northeast at nightfall. It looks like a sideways letter W or M. It rotates high across the north during the night, and is in the northwest at dawn.