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  • The Ecliptic and some of the Most Famous Constellations

    The ecliptic is a very special imaginary line in the sky, and it has been mentioned in previous videos, particularly as the location of eclipses. It’s where we see the planets and also the line the Sun lies on in the sky. The significance of this line was noticed even in ancient times, and as…

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  • Deep Sky Objects: Nebulae, Clusters and Galaxies

    In this video, we take a look at Deep Sky Objects, those things lying outside our solar system, or even outside our galaxy, which we can see. Having dark skies with no light pollution helps and most of these objects require telescopes to see at all. From clouds of gas to groups of stars, we’ll…

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  • October Refresher and the latest Videos/Athnuachan Deireadh Fomhair agus Na Físeáin is Déanaí

    Time for another Irish language astronomy video! This video serves to up date the previous Irish video on the positions of the planets as well as covering in Irish the topics that were covered in English by the most recent English language videos. Of course, we start with the planets. Saturn remains visible from sunset,…

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  • Constellations and Asterisms, a Quick Look at the Shapes in the Sky

    Constellations and asterisms are a favourite topic of mine, so you can expect more vidoes on this subject in the future. As a few asterisms and constellations have come up in previous videos already, those are the ones we’re going to look at, Thankfully the Summer Triangle is still visible for at least some of…

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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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  • 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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