Tag: Astronomy
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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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The February Parade of Planets: 6 out of 7 is Pretty Good!
Today, we are going to be taking a look towards the end of the month of February to catch the parade of planets. Just a year ago, we had a parade of planets, which was better than the parade of planets we’re getting at the end of February. What is a parade of planets? It’s…
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The Colour of Galaxies and What it Tells us
Today, we are going to take a look at the different colours of galaxies, and some of the reasons behind the different colours. Just a couple of videos ago we took a look at some galaxies and how those galaxies are often classified by shape. Now that we’re getting into the month of February, our…
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A Look Ahead to the Month of February / The February Night Sky
Today we are going to be looking ahead to the night sky for the coming month of February. There are a couple of interesting things happening in February, the greatest elongation of Mercury on the 19th and an annular solar eclipse on the 12th in particular. However, because the annular solar eclipse is mostly going…
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Possibly the Longest Eclipse: July 2186
Today we are finally going to look 160 years into the future, plus a few months, to catch what looks like the longest eclipse we’re ever going to get, very close to the hypothetical maximum duration of an eclipse. Just before we get into it, here in Ireland and across a lot of the northern…
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Slán go Deo le Cúpla Cóiméid
Today we will be looking at a couple of comets and especially at two comets that aren’t going to come back. To start we’re going to look at a comet that is going to come back. WIth comets, usually, they are something that comes back again and again. We’re going to look at one that…
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Are They Spheres? Oblateness in Planets and Stars
Today we are going to be discussing the shape of various objects in the sky. Unfortunately, it can be tricky to actually see these shapes, especially with stars, but we will at least be discussing them. We’re taking a little bit of a break from the eclipses, although I will write another piece in the…
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Even Longer Eclipses: -743 and 2009 / Did we Already Have the Real Eclipse of the Century?
Today we are going to take a look at a few eclipses that challenge the eclipse of the century, that we will be getting next year, in terms of duration. One of these did already happen this century, but we’re going to look at an even longer, older one first. With regards the title, over…
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