Tag: 2026
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April Comets: Where and When to see C/2026 A1 MAPS and C/2025 R3 PANSTARRS
Today, as promised, we are going to take a look at a couple of comets. We’re beginning on the 3rd of April, which is just a little before Comet 2026 A1 MAPS reaches perihelion. MAPS is the name of the observation program, really the initials of the astronomers involved, that discovered this comet. This comet…
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The Night Sky for April 2026
Today we are going to take a look into the month of April to see what will be coming up in the sky. Taking a look firstly sunset on the 1st of April, Venus is nice and bright to the West, and also quite far from the Sun in the sky, so it will be…
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Oíche an Cónocht: Márta 2026!
For today’s piece, we are going to look ahead a couple of days to the equinox. The day of the equinox will be next week on the 20th of March, and on the date of the equinox, the night and the day are of equal length. That is the meaning of equinox, from the Latin…
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Multiple March Conjunctions, and Maybe an Occultation!
Today we are going to be looking at some conjunctions, some close conjunctions and even closer, that are happening over the course of the month of March. Just before we take a look ahead to those, we’re going to get rid of the atmosphere and the ground so we can take a look at the…
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The First Total Lunar Eclipse of 2026: March 3rd!
Today we are starting just as we started the last time, with sunset on the 3rd of March. This time, we are going to be looking at the lunar eclipse that’s happening on the 3rd of March, the one which isn’t visible from here in Ireland. Starting from Ireland at sunset, the Full Moon will…
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The March Night Sky
Today we are going to take a quick look at the month of March. We will begin by looking forward to the 3rd of March, the night of the Full Moon, at sunset. As the Sun is setting in the west, Venus appears nice and early just a little above the sunset. It is one…
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The Greatest Eastern Elongation of Mercury: Visible to the West!
Today we are looking at something that is happening on the date that this article is published, for the second time this week. Normally, I tend to look further into the future on this channel, but there happen to be events coinciding with the dates of posting at the moment. The last piece was about…
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The Antarctic Annular Eclipse: First Eclipse of 2026
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the annular solar eclipse that is happening today. It may have just happened today or is about to happen today. While you’re reading this piece, it may still be in progress. Looking at the sky from here in Ireland, we can already see that the…
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New Comets: C/2026 B2 Sun-Gao and C/2026 A1 MAPS
Today we are going to be taking a look at a few comets. The comets that we’re going to be taking a look at are rather newly discovered, I had to add them to Stellarium. I’ve gone into greater detail about that process before, but I will briefly outline it again, for the second comet.…
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Every Modern IAU Constellation: All 88!
Today, we are going to be looking at the constellations. Of course, I take a look at the constellations or at least mention some constellations in almost every piece, even if it’s just what constellation the object that we’re focusing on is in. Today however, we’re going to look at the constellations more generally by…
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