Tag: Leonids

• Comets and Meteor Showers: The Leonids and 55P/Tempel-Tuttle

  Today we are going to begin by looking back to the Leonid meteor shower which happened, which peaked just a couple of days ago. To see the radiant of this meteor shower nice and high, we need the constellation Leo to be up, which it is now at about 3 o’clock in the morning. With…

  Caoimhín de Bhailís

  November 20, 2025

  Astronomy, Astronomy Video

  1998, 2031, 55p/tempel-tuttle, Astronomy, comet, comet 55p, comet tempel-tuttle, Leonids, meteor shower, november, science, solar-system, space, stargazing, video

• Meteor Showers, and More, in November

  Today we will continue to look at the November sky. We are now into November and we’re going to start by taking a look at the sky on the 5th of November. Just as the Sun sets, the radiants of the first meteor showers of the month will already be up. Low in the east…

  Caoimhín de Bhailís

  November 4, 2025

  Astronomy, Astronomy Video

  Astronomy, constellations, jupiter, Leonids, meteor shower, moon, november 2025, planets, science, space, stargazing, stars, Taurids, venus, video

• A Look Ahead to the November Night Sky

  Today, we will be taking a quick look ahead to the upcoming month of November to see what we can see in the sky. As I have mentioned frequently in a few of the recent videos, such as when we were discussing comets and then nova that was supposed to occur in September, predicting the…

  Caoimhín de Bhailís

  October 29, 2024

  Astronomy, Astronomy Video

  Astronomy, jupiter, Leonids, Mars, moon, planets, saturn, science, space, stars, venus, video