Tag: 2026
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The Stars in August and a Better View of the Planets
Today we are going to continue looking at the coming month of August. We’re going to take a look more at the stars, the constellations and how they’re going to change, but we are also going to take a look at the greatest elongations of Mercury and Venus from more favorable locations. If you remember…
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August Astronomy: The Planets, The Perseids, and The Eclipse!
Today we are going to take a look ahead into the coming month of August and of course, we have been looking ahead into the coming month of August all year long because August 12th is the date of the total solar eclipse that’s going to be visible across a large portion of Europe as…
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The Constellations, Saturn, and Mars in Late July!
Today we are going to take a look at the sky for later in the month of July, starting with the stars and the constellations that we’re seeing before moving on to some planets at the end. We are finally getting away from the summer solstice, so the days are getting shorter. That means we’re…
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An Almost Moon: Quasi-Satellite Kamo’oalewa
Today we are going to be taking a look at something that is not quite a moon of the Earth. Before that however, speaking of the Moon, we are on the 14th of July, the New Moon is almost right in front of the Sun, as the New Moon should be. Of course, you wouldn’t…
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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…
