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Astronomical and Educational content, in English and Irish

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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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  • Hello World!

    The first output of so many practice programs and a fitting title for the first post on a new website. Hello World, and welcome to Caoimhín’s Content!

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