Tag: moon
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May Sky Overview: Constellations and the Milky Way
Today we are going to be taking a look at the month of May generally. We will be looking generally at the month of May and taking a look at the phases of the Moon during different parts of the month as well. Just in case you didn’t catch it a couple of pieces ago,…
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Future Conjunctions: Looking Far Ahead
Today we are going to be looking forward. In the previous video we looked back to varying degrees and discussed things that were dealt with in the past, specifically figuring out the date of Easter and its relation to calendars. Today, however, we are going to be looking into the future to varying degrees, to…
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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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The March Solar Eclipse
Today we are going to take a closer look at the partial solar eclipse that we will be able to see from here in Ireland on Saturday the 29th of March. We will begin looking at the whole sky for midday on Saturday the 29th of March. The eclipse will have just finished at this…
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Some Space Words in Irish | Cúpla Focail Spáis i nGaeilge
Today I am going to go through a little bit of Irish language vocabulary or foclóir to do with the sky. Foclóir is also the word for dictionary, but you can also use it for vocabulary. I’ve seen stór focail for vocabulary, but that feels more like a word bank, like in a word search.…
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Truailliú Solas + Féile Spéartha Dorcha | Light Pollution + a Dark Skies Festival
Today we will be talking about light pollution. I am after talking about light pollution before on this YouTube channel and I will talk about light pollution again in the future. Nonetheless, I am going to talk about light pollution for this show as well. Very quickly to begin, before talking about light pollution, we…
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Na Dhá Urú i mí na Márta! | Both of the Eclipses in March!
Today, we will be looking at the eclipses, a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse, as we have one of each coming up in March. The first eclipse, the lunar one, is occurring on the 14th, but very early in the morning, so we will start on the 13th with sunset instead. The Moon is…
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The Start of March, the Newest Moon and Eclipses!
Today we are going to be looking at the very end of February along with a quick look ahead to March. Normally, I take a look at the coming month without finishing up the previous month, I don’t normally pay too much attention to the final day of the month. However, with the parade of…
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Valentine’s Night from Both Hemispheres
Today, we are going to be taking a look at the night sky for Valentine’s night. With all of the looking ahead to the Parade of Planets at the very end of the month, I have skipped over this reasonably famous date in the middle of the month, which is of course, the 14th of…
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Looking Ahead: Planets in 2040 and Mars in 2097
Today we are going to be looking into the future. Of course, on this website we almost always look into the future, it is a pretty rare event that I will look into the past. I almost always look ahead to the future because I want to prepare people for events that are coming up.…
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