Tag: August
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Io and Europa: Jovian Occultations from August 19th to 30th
Today we are going to be looking at the moons of Jupiter from a couple of specific locations. Importantly, we are now past the solar eclipse. I hope many of you got to see the solar eclipse on August 12th. If you didn’t get to see the solar eclipse, I hope you at least saw…
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Our Next Lunar Eclipse: August 28th!
Today we are going to look ahead to the end of August to see a lunar eclipse. Firstly however, tomorrow is the solar eclipse, the solar eclipse that I have been talking about at least all year. Here in Ireland, we will get to see a 97% total solar eclipse if you are on the…
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The August Total Solar Eclipse from the Best Locations!
Today we are going to talk about the eclipse. We will very quickly deal with the August 12th total solar eclipse from here in Ireland. The sky will get darker and then brighten up again before the Sun sets. That is the partial eclipse that we will get from here in Ireland. As I’ve mentioned…
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The Other Thing on the 12th of August: The Perseid Meteor Shower
We have just over a week to go until the eclipse, and don’t worry, at least the next post on this website will deal with the eclipse. Between 6 and 8 o’clock in Ireland, so 5 and 7 UTC, the sky will darken as the Moon moves in front of the Sun, making planets like…
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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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Eclipses from the Sun and the Moon | Uruithe ón Ghrian agus an Ghealach
Today, we will be looking at a couple of eclipses. We will be looking at the Moon going in front of the Sun and also we will be looking at the Moon going behind the Earth. We are looking at some of the same eclipses we’ve looked at recently, but from a different perspective. We…
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This August and the Next: A Conjunction and an Eclipse!
Today, we are going to look at the sky for August. We’re beginning with the morning sky in late August this year. There are plenty of planets and some interesting conjunctions on the 20th. We’ll cover just a couple of the things that are still coming up this month before we take a look a…
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The Night Sky in August: Conjunctions and More!
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the coming month of August. We will start on the first day of August, Lá Fhéile Lughnasadh, as it’s known in Ireland. Lughnasadh is the month of August and the first day is the Festival of August. We’re finally getting out of summertime, so the…
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