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  • The Parade of Planets and the Ecliptic: Are they Aligned?

    Today we are going to talk more about the parade of planets that is coming up this month as well as the passage of the Moon across our sky. The parade of planets, all of the planets being on display, has become more and more of a big deal as we come into January. More

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  • Looking into 2025: Eclipses and More!

    Today we are going to continue looking at the year ahead. We will cover one or two things that are happening in January, things that I mentioned in the last video, but we are also going to look ahead to see some of the interesting things that are coming up later in 2025. First off,

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  • The Night Sky for January 2025

    Today’s video, we are looking into January. We’ve already look a little into January, with New Year’s morning, but now we’re looking into the month proper to see what is going to come up. Now that we’re looking into 2025 by more than a couple of hours, the Moon is after moving past new, it’s

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  • New Year’s Eve: The Stars at Midnight and Dawn

    Today we are going to be taking a look at New Year’s Eve! New Year’s Eve, of course, is famous for being a night where people stay up until midnight ringing in the New Year, so of course it’s a great night for impromptu astronomy. Many people are going to be up until at least

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  • Year 0 and Venus at Sunset

    Today we are going to look back in time. We have before looked far into the future, for example to at look at Halley’s Comet returning in the 2060s and other comets as they come and go. I believe we’ve looked into the past as well, but we are going to look quite far into

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  • Oíche Nollag agus Oíche na hAthbhliana | Christmas Night and New Year’s Night

    In this, the final Irish language video of the year, we take a look at the nights of Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Thanks to “Nollaig” being used for both December and Christmas in Irish, saying “Merry Christmas” or “Nollaig Shona” at any time of the month makes even more sense, as it could equally

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  • The December Solstice: Winter or Summer?

    Today we will continue looking at the upcoming December solstice, as it is now just a couple of days away. However, we are also going to look at the solstice from the equator and from the southern hemisphere. Here in the northern hemisphere we are looking at the winter solstice. From Ireland, the Sun is

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  • Late December Sky: The Geminids Meteor Shower and the Moon

    Today we are going to be continuing to look at the very end of this year We won’t look forward into next year just yet but we will look at some things other than the planets. There are of course plenty of planets up top be seen all month long, with Venus, Saturn, the Moon

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  • Telescopes and Binoculars: What to Observe

    Today, we are looking far ahead to the end of the month yet again, we are going to be looking at various objects with various tools from the city and from the countryside. If you are looking to acquire a telescope or a binoculars, especially if you’re looking to get it for someone else, it’s

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  • Midwinter 2024: A Great Night for Planets!

    Today we are going to take a look ahead to midwinter’s day, as it is coming up very soon now. We are on looking at the 21st of December for 2024, in other years the date of the winter solstice can vary to the 22nd or even 23rd of December. I will be talking from

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