Tag: October
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October Deep Sky Objects and Exoplanets: The Golden-Eye Cluster, Orion’s Sword, and Whirlpool Galaxy
Today we are going to take a look at a couple of the other things that are visible in the October sky, starting with a particular cluster of stars that is visible in the morning. We looking at the morning of the 14th, with Mars in Cancer the Crab. Even though the constellation Cancer isn’t…
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Meteor Showers in October: The Draconids and The Orionids!
Today we are going to be taking a look at some of the meteor showers that are occurring during the month of October and we’re going to start with the Draconids because the Draconids are the first good shower that we’re going to get. They are technically peaking on the 9th of October, but we…
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Jovian Moons in October: More Galilean Occultations!
Today we are going to look at a few more of the interesting positions that Jupiter’s moons will take relative to each other in the month of October. Firstly, of course we’re going to have a quick look at Jupiter in the morning from here in Ireland, just to see where its moons are like…
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Even More October Stargazing: Mercury & Venus, Mars in the Beehive Cluster and More!
In a recent piece, we took a look ahead to a couple of the events that were occurring in October but there were so many things going on that I didn’t get a chance to look at all of them. In the last piece, we took a look at some of Jupiter’s moons occulting each…
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October Astronomy: Conjunction, Opposition, Meteor Showers and More!
Today we are taking a look ahead to the month of October. October has quite a few events, we have the opposition of Saturn and a close conjunction between Mars and the Moon, as well as the Draconid meteor shower and much more. We might not have the equinox this month, we might not have…
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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…
