Tag: meteor shower
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Late December Sky: The Geminids Meteor Shower and the Moon
Today we are going to be continuing to look at the very end of this year We won’t look forward into next year just yet but we will look at some things other than the planets. There are of course plenty of planets up top be seen all month long, with Venus, Saturn, the Moon…
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From November to December: Jupiter at Opposition and More Meteor Showers!
As we continue to move later in the month, we are now just past the date where a lot of the cool stuff happened. We are just past the 17th, a little, which is around the time that Mercury had its greatest elongation and it’s the date where the Leonids would have peaked. AS such,…
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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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The Perseid Meteor Shower: When They Look Best
Today we are looking at the Perseids again. I did take a quick look at the Perseids last year at around this time, but they are such an impressive meteor shower they deserve to be mentioned again. Starting right at sunset will mean that the Moon is in the sky, but very low to the…
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A Look Ahead to the Sky in August: the Perseids, the Planets and More!
As usual, as we draw to the end of one month, this piece is going to be an overview of what we can expect next month. We’re going to look ahead into August. Of course, not much is going to change between late July early August, but over the course of the month we will…
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Meteor Showers in July: How and When to Observe, and What to Expect
I only recently put up a piece providing a look ahead to the month of July, but it was just an overview, so I’m going to cover one thing that I left out, the upcoming meteor showers. Meteors, of course, can be tricky to see. Looking at the sky from a city, especially if the…
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The End of April and Meteor Showers
As we approach the end of April, the sky has continued to shift and change, so we will be taking a look at what is visible where now, as the nights begin to shorten. We will also take a look brief look at the Lyrid meteor show that occurs at the end of April. Back…
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