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Parade of Planets 2028 and Mars/Mercury Occultation 2079
Today we are going to yet again take a look into the distant future, or not so distant future to begin with, to take a look at some upcoming events. These are yet more events that have been suggested by commenters, though one is a review of a previously observed event. Some of you may…
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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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Pharáid na Pláinéid le Gach Ceann le Fheiscint | The Parade of the Planets with All of them Visible
For today, we will be looking at the planets, and especially we will be looking at the Parade of the Planets or the March of the Planets. The attached video is in Irish, with English subtitles of course, and both parade and march seem to be words borrowed from English. Parade seems to b associated…
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The Southern Hemisphere’s Parade of Planets
We are finally coming up to the parade of planets. The full parade of planets with Mercury and Saturn above the horizon should be visible from as early as this weekend, if you are in the right location. We will be going through the potential view for a few southerly latitudes in today’s piece. To…
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A Better View from Lower Latitudes
Today’s video, we are going to be looking ahead to the end of February to the parade of planets. However, to shake it up a bit, we will be doing so from a few other latitudes. I generally show the sky as it would be seen from here in Ireland, because that is where I…
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The Parade of Planets is Yet to Come and Earth in Retrograde!
Having taken a look at Mars at opposition and how Mars enters into a strange, temporary, apparent retrograde motion during that time, we are going to take a look at the Earth doing the same. Of course, to see the Earth at opposition, we need to head to Venus or Mercury. However, before that I…
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The Parade of Planets and the Ecliptic: Are they Aligned?
Today we are going to talk more about the parade of planets that is coming up this month as well as the passage of the Moon across our sky. The parade of planets, all of the planets being on display, has become more and more of a big deal as we come into January. More…
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Solar Day, Sidereal Day, and the Parade of Planets
I mentioned in the last article that there are different ways to measure a day, among them are the sidereal and solar days. This little tidbit was not mentioned in the previous video attached to that article, just one of the many little bonus facts readers of the website get. In the above video, I…
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