Tag: Astronomy
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The Parade of Planets is Yet to Come and Earth in Retrograde!
Having taken a look at Mars at opposition and how Mars enters into a strange, temporary, apparent retrograde motion during that time, we are going to take a look at the Earth doing the same. Of course, to see the Earth at opposition, we need to head to Venus or Mercury. However, before that I…
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Mars in Retrograde and the Martian Seasons
Lately, we have been looking a lot at the planets. A few videos ago when I spoke about the parade of planets, we followed some of the planets through the constellations that they’re going to be in over the next couple of months. For planets that are closer to the Sun, like Venus and Mercury,…
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Makemake, the Rest, and a Bonus ISS!
Today are taking a look at one of the dwarf planets, along with some of the candidate dwarf planets, with a digression to discuss the ISS as well. The dwarf planet Makemake is pretty much of the last dwarf planet, in our current list of official dwarf planets at least. Really, Ceres, Pluto, Eris, Haumea…
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The Light of the Moon, Venus and their Shadows
Today I am going to hop through a couple of topics thanks to an idea inspired by a comment on the previous video on my YouTube channel. It is a bit of a journey, but we are going to begin by taking a look at the night sky for just a couple of nights ago,…
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The Parade of Planets and the Ecliptic: Are they Aligned?
Today we are going to talk more about the parade of planets that is coming up this month as well as the passage of the Moon across our sky. The parade of planets, all of the planets being on display, has become more and more of a big deal as we come into January. More…
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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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Year 0 and Venus at Sunset
Today we are going to look back in time. We have before looked far into the future, for example to at look at Halley’s Comet returning in the 2060s and other comets as they come and go. I believe we’ve looked into the past as well, but we are going to look quite far into…
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Oíche Nollag agus Oíche na hAthbhliana | Christmas Night and New Year’s Night
In this, the final Irish language video of the year, we take a look at the nights of Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Thanks to “Nollaig” being used for both December and Christmas in Irish, saying “Merry Christmas” or “Nollaig Shona” at any time of the month makes even more sense, as it could equally…
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