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Loingseoireacht le Réaltaí | Navigation by the Stars
Today we will be talking about navigation and stargazing, using the stars to find out where you are and what direction you are facing. We’re looking at the sky for the end of April this year, and the Moon will be full on the first day of May, Lá Fhéile Bealtaine. For that reason the…
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Latitude and the Celestial Pole: North and South
Today, we are going to take a quick look at how you can figure out, and the limitations to figuring out, roughly where you are using the sky. Of course, we’re mostly going to be looking at the nighttime sky, so we will move into nighttime as usual, with a view from Ireland and some…
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The Sun, The North Star and Angles
Today we are going to be looking at a couple of different things, but generally at the angle of things from the horizon. To start with, we’re looking at the sky for pretty much the middle of May. We’re looking at 1:30 here in Ireland, which should put the Sun at its highest in the…
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