Tag: 2025
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The Ursid Meteor Shower and Late December Sky
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for later December, particularly the Ursid meteor shower coming up on the 21st/22nd of December. I will also go over the major constellations that are visible. We will start with sunset on the 16th. The sky hasn’t changed too drastically since early December,…
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From Dust and Gas to Rogue Planets and Brown Dwarfs
Happy Halloween everybody! This piece should be coming out before the 31st but this is the closest to Halloween that I will be posting. We’re going to go on a bit of a journey through a few things today. We’re starting by taking a look at the night sky for Halloween, moving all the way…
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Late October Sky: Comets and More | An Spéir Déanach i mí Dheireadh Fómhair: Cóiméid agus Níos Mó
Today, we will be looking at the sky for the second half of the month of October and we’re going to start in the morning, rather than at sunset as we usually do. Looking at the sky in the southeast before sunrise on the 17th, the planets Jupiter and Venus are prominently visible. It is…
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Ancient Constellations: The Sky in the 1800s BCE
Today, we are going backwards in time! We are going to go into the past instead of looking into the future as we normally do. I have taken a look at ancient skies before, but that was quite a while ago. We are going all the way back to the 1800s in this video, and…
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The Blood Moon: September Lunar and Solar Eclipse 2025!
Today, we are yet again looking into the future and we are yet again looking at an eclipse. However, we’re going to be looking not particularly far into the future, as you can see here, we’ve gone forward to the 6th of September and we will be looking at an eclipse that will be visible…
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This August and the Next: A Conjunction and an Eclipse!
Today, we are going to look at the sky for August. We’re beginning with the morning sky in late August this year. There are plenty of planets and some interesting conjunctions on the 20th. We’ll cover just a couple of the things that are still coming up this month before we take a look a…
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Thank You For 500 Subscribers! Venus, Jupiter & Sirius Together and The September Occultation!
First of all, I want to say thank you to everyone who has subscribed to my YouTube channel. I am delighted to be up at 500 subscribers, a little bit more now, so hopefully that number will continue to grow. In some of the most recent installments, I have taken a look at things that…
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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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