Tag: mercury
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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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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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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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November Meteors and Comet S1 Atlas Update
Today we will be looking ahead at the meteor showers that are coming up in November as well as quickly revisiting the Greatest Elongation of Mercury and taking a quick look at what could have been with Comet C/2024 S1 ATLAS. Mercury will reach its greatest eastern elongation later this month, meaning it will be…
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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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A Quick Look ahead to February, What’s Coming up and a Live Show!
Not only is February the shortest month, but this year it also doesn’t have any particularly prominent events. We don’t have any particularly great meteor showers, comets, or eclipses. However, the sky is still changing as always. Saturn is leaving our sky as mentioned in the recent video where we took a look at the…
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Mercury, its Greatest Elongation and More!
Today, the smallest planet is getting a long video dedicated all to it, long for my channel so far at least. Mercury will be coming up on its Greatest Western Elongation soon, so we will be able to see Mercury in the West in the morning, if you’ve stuck around a few of my videos…
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