Tag: equinox
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Stargazing at the End of September: The Equinox, the Full Moon, and Neptune’s Opposition
Today we are going to review a couple of the events that are happening at the end of September. We are starting with the equinox on the 23rd, but we’re also going to take a look at the opposition of Neptune on the 25th and the Full Moon on the 26th. The date of the…
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The September Equinox: An Unequal Midpoint
Today we are taking a look forward to the 23rd of September, the Equinox. The equinox is the date in the year where we transition from wintertime to summertime. Instead of the Sun shining more on the north or more on the south, the Sun is shining directly on the equator. The the term equinox…
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The March Equinox: Sunset, Sunrise and the Exact Moment of Equinox
Today we are going to be taking a quick look at the equinox. Of course the equinox is the date where the length of the day and the length of the night are equal and the equinox is occurring on the 20th of March. The equinox occurs on the 20th of March pretty much every…
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Oíche an Cónocht: Márta 2026!
For today’s piece, we are going to look ahead a couple of days to the equinox. The day of the equinox will be next week on the 20th of March, and on the date of the equinox, the night and the day are of equal length. That is the meaning of equinox, from the Latin…
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The Spring Equinox and a View from Mercury
Today we are going to talk about the equinox. The date of posting, the 20th, is the equinox, so we are coming through the equinox right now. This is the vernal equinox or the spring equinox for the northern hemisphere and the autumnal equinox or the autumn equinox for the Southern Hemisphere. It could be…
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The Analemma, How the Sun moves Throughout the Year
The analemma has been the subject of the past two Irish language videos so if you’ve been reading along here, then you already know that it is a figure eight shape traced out by the Sun over the course of the year. We’re going to take a further look at this motion, from Ireland and…
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An Radharc ón Meánchiorcal: an Anailéim ar lean
In this video, we will finish dealing with the strange motion of the Sun in our sky by travelling to the equator and observing the analemma, from (almost) the sub-solar point. Of course, we will also be heading forward in time to the equinox, so while that happens at the beginning of the video we…
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The Spring Equinox at the North Pole, plus the Solstices and More!
In this video, we take a look at the sky from the North Pole, at one of the most interesting times of the year to do so, the equinox. Specifically, this is the spring or vernal equinox, the March equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. After months of darkness, the Sun is finally starting to rise.…
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An Cónocht, Grianstad, Iarnóin agus Anailéim: Níl an Grian san áit ina Cheap Tú
Welcome to Seachtain na Gaeilge! Seachtain na Gaeilge, Irish Week or the Week of Irish, is a celebration of the Irish language in Ireland, and for a while now it has lasted a fortnight, from the 1st of March till the 14th. This gives me time to put up an few extra Irish videos, at…
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A Quick Look into March: The Equinox, Mercury and a Conjunction in February!
We are very early into the month of March, so we’re going to take a look forward at a few of the events it will contain. However, we’re also going to review a couple of the things that are happening now, at the end of February. Most of these are occurrences that have been mentioned…
