Month: September 2023
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A Quick Look into the October Night Sky and Dark Skies
Now that we are moving into October, I need to point out some new highlights! As the Earth orbits around the Sun, our view of the stars slowly shifts. It isn’t too noticeable from one night to the next, but from month to month things noticeably shift. With planets and constellations rising earlier, we need…
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The Moon and an Upcoming Eclipse
The Moon is one of the most prominent objects in the sky. There are only a few days each month where the Moon isn’t at least a little visible for some part of the day or night, and when the Moon is full it dominates the sky. In this video, we’re going to take a…
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The Planets that are up on Culture Night / Na Pláinéid atá thuas ar Oíche Chultúir
Culture Night is of course a fantastic time to embrace your native or heritage language, whatever it may be. This video is the first I am releasing in the Irish language, but it certainly won’t be the last! There’s a lot to take a look at in this video, staring with the Moon. A wonderful…
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A Quick Look at the Northern Sky, with a bonus planet
In this video, we turn away from the Southern view of last week to take a look North. Although we are still looking at the September, the Northern Sky remains quite constant throughout the year, so we will have plenty of chances to look closer. Some of the most famous things in the sky, such…
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A Brief look at the Night Sky for September 2023
In this video we take a look at the night sky and how it will appear over early September. With planets such as Saturn, Jupiter and Venus all visible, it’s a great time to look at the sky. We start at sunset, observing the first stars to appear. These stars will always be the brighter…
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