Tag: 2026
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Comet 10P/Tempel: Right on the Edge of Visibility
Today we are going to be taking a look for a comet. The comet we’re going to take a look at is starting to be visible, it’s starting to come in towards the Sun and get closer towards the Earth, but it won’t reach its closest to us until we get into August. Nonetheless, we…
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From the Micromoon to the Supermoon: June to December 2026
Today we are looking into the past, just a couple of days back to the 29th of June. This was the last Full Moon. We do, of course, have another Full Moon coming up at the end of July, but this was the most recent Full Moon that we had. In Ireland we saw it…
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The Blaze Star, T Coronae Borealis: When Will it Blaze?
Today we are going to be taking a look at a few different things in the sky, including the Blaze Star, T Coronae Borealis. While we’re at it, we’re going to be doing a little bit of complaining, or at least I’m going to be doing a little bit of complaining. I am going to…
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The Midnight Sun From the Edge of the Arctic Circle
Today we are yet again going to take a look at the solstice, but we are going to look at the solstice in another, slightly different, way. In a recent piece, we took a look at the solstice from the Moon. We’re starting a few days before the solstice, the 16th, so the Moon is…
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Stargazing in June: The Summer Constellations
Today we are going to take another look at the night sky for the month of June this year, 2026. We’re going to concentrate on the constellations, the stars, but it is worth pointing out the planets at the beginning of the night. To the west will be Venus, Mercury and Jupiter. They are all…
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Zodiac and Retrograde Motion: Astronomy, not Astrology!
Today we’re going to very quickly go over the zodiacal constellations, the constellations that we see in the sky along the path of the ecliptic, which is where we see the planets, the Moon, and the Sun, roughly speaking at least. We’ll start by taking a look at the planets at sunset in June. We…
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A Sunrise Occultation: The Crescent Moon and the Pleiades
Today we are yet again looking forward into the coming month of June. Of course, we are very close to June now, so we’re not looking too far into the future, just forward to the 13th of June. Just like the piece before last, we are looking forward to see an event but that has…
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Stargazing in June: Planets at Sunset and Sunrise, The Milky Way, and the Moon
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for June. Last time we looked ahead to the month of June to take a look at Venus and Jupiter having a close conjunction at sunset. Mercury was also up when Venus and Jupiter were up. Even in early June, we have to…
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A Close Conjunction in Early June: Venus and Jupiter
Today we are looking ahead to the month of June. We’re not looking very far into the future, just to the 7th, still just at the beginning of the month. Most of the interesting events in June are happening later in the month, for example the summer solstice and Mercury’s greatest elongation. There are some…
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Moonless May Night and Uranus Behind the Sun
Today we are going to be looking at the sky for mid and late May. Looking at the daytime sky on the 12th, the Moon is up and already getting close to new, we will have our New Moon on the 16th. With the Moon out of the sky for most of the night, viewing…
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