Tag: October
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From Dust and Gas to Rogue Planets and Brown Dwarfs
Happy Halloween everybody! This piece should be coming out before the 31st but this is the closest to Halloween that I will be posting. We’re going to go on a bit of a journey through a few things today. We’re starting by taking a look at the night sky for Halloween, moving all the way…
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Late October Sky: Comets and More | An Spéir Déanach i mí Dheireadh Fómhair: Cóiméid agus Níos Mó
Today, we will be looking at the sky for the second half of the month of October and we’re going to start in the morning, rather than at sunset as we usually do. Looking at the sky in the southeast before sunrise on the 17th, the planets Jupiter and Venus are prominently visible. It is…
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Ancient Constellations: The Sky in the 1800s BCE
Today, we are going backwards in time! We are going to go into the past instead of looking into the future as we normally do. I have taken a look at ancient skies before, but that was quite a while ago. We are going all the way back to the 1800s in this video, and…
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A Look Ahead to October: A Supermoon, Occultation and Conjunctions
Today, we are going to take a look into the month of October. We’ve already seen so much of the late September sky, we’re going to go a little bit into October, rather than starting on the 1st. We’re going to jump a couple of days into the month in order to see some of…
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The October Supermoon: the Most Super of the Year?
In answer to the title: In terms of distance, yes it is! Today we are going to be looking at the Full Moon and yet another supermoon. I have mentioned in previous pieces that for a couple of months now, at least since August, it’s felt like every Full Moon has been a supermoon. Technically,…
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Upcoming Constellations and How to Spot Them
In this piece we will continue looking ahead into the month of October, but focusing on the constellations. Last time, we looked ahead to see where the planets are going to be and some of the other things we will be able to see in the sky, such as meteor showers. In this piece, I’m…
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A Look Ahead to October: Another Supermoon!
Today we are going to be looking ahead to the night sky for the month of October. As always, my default perspective is from here in Ireland, and because I will be talking about the sky at night from here in Ireland, I won’t be dealing with the annular solar eclipse that is going to…
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