Tag: meteor shower
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A Preview of January 2026!
Today we are taking a look ahead at the month of January. Starting nice and early in the month, we begin on just the 3rd of January. Just after sunset, the Moon will be right next to Jupiter. At just 5:30 the Moon and Jupiter are already up, right next to each other, right in…
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The Ursid Meteor Shower and Late December Sky
Today we are going to take a look at the night sky for later December, particularly the Ursid meteor shower coming up on the 21st/22nd of December. I will also go over the major constellations that are visible. We will start with sunset on the 16th. The sky hasn’t changed too drastically since early December,…
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The Geminids and 3200 Phaethon: December Meteor Shower
Today we are going to be looking at a meteor shower that is coming up in the month of December. Taking a look at the sky for mid-December, just coming up to 8 o’clock Gemini is already in the sky. We’re looking for the Geminids, the Geminid Meteor Shower and the radiant is up in…
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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…
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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…
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Comets and Meteor Showers: The Orionids and Halley’s Comet
Today, we’re starting by looking at the sky for October 21st. We’re looking at the sky reasonably late, just before midnight. We’re looking at the 21st because we are taking a look for the Orionid meteor shower, and they peak on October 21st. This meteor shower have got a maximum Zenith Hourly Rate of about…
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A Comparison of Meteor Showers: July versus August
Today, we are going to take a quick look at a few different meteor showers, beginning with the meteor showers that are peaking at the moment in late July. Then we’ll take a look ahead to the meteor shower that will be peaking once we come into August. We’re starting with sunset on the 28th…
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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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The Night Sky in May: Meteor Shower, Planets and the Milky Way
Today we are going to be looking ahead to the month of May and for a change we’re going to start with sunrise at the start of the month, on May Day. Watching the first sunrise of the month immediately gives us Venus, visible early in the morning already on the 1st of May, you…
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The April Lyrids
Today we are going to look just a little further ahead into April to take a look at the Lyrid meteor shower. The Lyrid with meteor shower is going to be peaking pretty late in April, the 22nd/23rd, so we’re going to have to push pretty late to get to the peak. The Lyrids do…
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