Tag: Mars
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An Spéir ar Oíche Shamhna! / The Sky on Halloween!
For this piece we will be looking at the sky for Halloween, and a little bit into November as well. The attached video is in Irish, but with English subtitles if you need them. As such, a couple of things do get lost in translation. The Irish for Halloween is “Oíche Shamhna” or Samhain Night.…
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Upcoming Constellations and How to Spot Them
In this piece we will continue looking ahead into the month of October, but focusing on the constellations. Last time, we looked ahead to see where the planets are going to be and some of the other things we will be able to see in the sky, such as meteor showers. In this piece, I’m…
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The Early Morning Sky in Late July: Planets, The Pleiades and More!
With so many interesting things up in the morning as we come to the end of July, that is where we are going to focus today. This especially includes the planets, with three visible to the naked eye, and two more with a sufficient telescope. We don’t even have to wait until early in the…
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A Quick Look into April: What’s Coming Up in the Sky Next Month?
As we begin to come into April, I do need to mention Dark Skies and light pollution, as the first week of April is Dark Skies Week here in Ireland. The very last video I posted, an Irish language video, was all about light pollution and how much better the sky is without it, and…
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Mars: How and When to See it and How it Moves in the Sky.
As you may have seen in some of the recent posts here, Mars is beginning to be visible in the morning sky, but we’re going to have to move to the end of March and beyond before it reaches a good position for observation, at least those of us in higher latitudes. Starting right on…
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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…
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Ó Feabhra go Márta, an Cónocht, Pláinéid agus Urú!
Although this Irish language video takes a look ahead into March, there are still a few interesting things yet to happen in February. To start on a low note, Saturn will be gone from the sky at night, by now as the Sun is setting, Saturn will be out of view. Jupiter is still there,…
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